On November 9, the Badminton and Tennis Sports Center of Yichang Olympic Sports Center passedthe acceptance check. By far, all the sports facilities have been successfully delivered. Covering an area of 745 mu (about 49.7 hectares), the Olympic Sports Center includes a 40,000 -seat stadium, a 8,000-seat gymnasium, a 1,700-seat swimming pool, a 2,400-seat badminton and tennis sports center, a 400-seat shooting hall, and other supporting facilities such as the energy center and the parking lot, with a total construction area of 206,400 square meters.

　　After its completion, Yichang Olympic Sports Center can hold national comprehensive games and international individual events. Up until now, sports events and celebrity concerts have been held here, such as the National Women’s Weightlifting Championship, the WDSF International Sports Dance Open Championship, the China-Europe Sports Dance Competition and China Sports Dance Open Championship, the National Shooting Championship, etc. (Omnimedia Reporter Fu Beibei, Correspondent Zhao Ming & Liu Shu of Three Gorges Daily)