The National Aquatics Center, dubbed "Water Cube," (Chinese: 水立方, Pinyin: Shǔilìfāng), is an aquatics center that was built alongside Beijing National Stadium in the Olympic Green for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
The structure will have a capacity of 17,000 during the games that will be reduced to 6,000 afterwards. It also has a total land surface of 65,000 square metres and will cover a total of 7.8 acres (32,000 m²).
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