Upcoming 2010 games architecture

Whenever there is a sporting games being held in a specific city, that city would be transformed in large scale. Many infrastructures like stadiums, public transportation system, hotels, amenities will be built in conjunction with the upcoming games as a full preparation to it. A more systematic urban planning would be done too, especially on the site of stadiums’ complex.

There are three upcoming international sporting games in 2010, all to be held at last quarter of the year.

First of all, is the upcoming first Youth Olympic Games to be held at Singapore from 14th to 26th August 2010. As usual, many new venues were built like the site for opening and closing ceremonies, The Float (floating stage at Marina Bay, seating capacity of over 30 000), Youth Olympic Village (at Nanyang Technological University), Main Media Centre (at Marina Bay Sands), University Town (at National University of Singapore), etc.

The second upcoming games is the Commonwealth Games to be held at New Delhi, India from 3rd to 14th October 2010. As the third largest sporting games (after Summer Olympic and Asian Games), India promises to upgrade as many things as possible in preparation to the games. The main stadium used for athletics and opening and closing ceremonies is Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, which will have seating capacity of 75 000 after renovation (new roof, new support structure, new seatings), Indira Ghandi Arena (second largest indoor sports arena in Asia). 26 new stadiums are utilized for the games.

The last, which is the world second largest sporting games, and expected to be the largest Asian Games in history, Guangzhou 2010 to be held from 12th to 27th November 2010. The city undergoes really big transformation. There is always an axis for Chinese cities, and the axis in Guangzhou is now further enhanced with completion of new Central Business District, and with new notable buildings along the axis like Guangdong Museum, Guangzhou Opera House, Guangzhou International Finance Center (tallest building in the city), Haixinsha Island (island in middle of Pearl River used for opening and closing ceremonies), and Guangzhou Sightseeing and Broadcasting Tower (tallest TV tower in the world) to join with existing CITIC Plaza and Tianhe Sports Center. There are 53 competition venues and 17 training centers, that includes Asian Games Town, consists of Athletes Village, Technical Officials Village, Media Village, Main Media Center and International Broadcast Center.

I love to see the opening and closing ceremonies of these games because on the broadcast, they will show the whole site of the sports complex, and sometimes the whole city at night, beautiful with those street lights, laser and spotlights. I love those aerial views, overlooking the whole complex, especially with addition of fireworks…and I’m looking forward to these upcoming games…hope Malaysia can win something from these three games too!