Xi'an Intl Football Center sees strong construction progress

Construction on the Xi'an International Football Center – one of the main venues of the 2023 Asian Cup – has made progress, as the roof steel structure was closed on Nov 18.

The center is located in Fengdong New City, Xixian New Area in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province.

The steel roof structure of the Xi'an International Football Center is closed on Nov 18. [Photo/xa.gov.cn]

As a professional football field for the 2023 Asian Cup in Xi'an, the center has a total construction area of about 250,000 square meters, with 60,000 fixed seats. It has adopted the world's first double-layer cable-membrane structure with a large-span roof.

The closure of the center's steel roof structure marks the completion of its main body and steel structure.

Xi'an was selected as a venue for the Asian Cup in 2023, along with Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing, Dalian, Qingdao, Xiamen, and Suzhou on Dec 28, 2019, according to the Chinese Football Association.