Seoul Sports Complex (), a.k.a. “Jamsil Sports Complex” (), is a group of sports facilities in

Songpa-gu Songpa District () is one of the List of districts of Seoul, 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. Previously known as Wiryeseong, the first capital of the ancient kingdom of Baekje, Songpa is located in the southeastern part of Seoul. With roughl ...

Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

, South Korea. It was built for the 1986 Asian Games and

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

from December 1976 to September 1984. The complex is South Korea's largest integrated sports center, spanning an area of 402,816 m². The complex consists of the

Olympic Stadium ''Olympic Stadium'' is the name usually given to the main stadium of an Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports ...

, Auxiliary Stadium,

Jamsil Arena Jamsil Arena (), a.k.a. Jamsil Indoor Stadium, is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena. It is part of Seoul Sports Complex, located in Seoul, South Korea. The capacity of the arena is 11,069 for basketball and was built from December 1976 to Ap ...

, Jamsil Baseball Stadium,

Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool () is an aquatics venue located in Seoul, South Korea. It hosted the Swimming at the Summer Olympics, swimming, Diving at the Summer Olympics, diving, Water polo at the Summer Olympics, water polo, Synchronized swimmi ...

, Jamsil Inline Skating Rink and the Sports Park.

Facilities

Seoul Olympic Stadium The Seoul Olympic Stadium (), a.k.a. Jamsil Olympic Stadium (formerly romanised as ''Chamshil''), is a multi-purpose stadium in Seoul, South Korea. It is the main stadium built for the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1986 Asian Games, 10th Asian Ga ...

* Auxiliary Stadium * Jamsil Baseball Stadium *

Jamsil Students' Gymnasium Jamsil Students' Gymnasium () is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena located in Seoul, South Korea. The capacity of the arena is 7,500 and was built from November 1972 to December 1976 to host Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Boxing events a ...

Transportation

* Sports Complex station on Subway Line 2

Events

* 19 August 2012: American rapper

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concert with an audience of 20,000 * 2008: American pop rock band

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's first Korean tour and concert, a part of It Won't Be Soon Before Long Tour * 2011: American pop rock band Maroon 5's first concert of the second Korean tour, a part of

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. * 2012: American pop rock band Maroon 5's second concert of the third Korean tour, a part of Overexposed Tour. * Seoul ePrix

References

External links

Seoul Sports Facilities Management Center

Seoul Jamshil Sports Complex
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