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[mattygs]

Just a little bit of information that I saw re the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games Opening Ceremony.

* The event will not take place in the main stadium, but instead at the new Citizens Plaza on Haixinsha Island, which is apparantly on the Pearl River, with views to the tv tower.

* They will erect 3 stands seating over 35,000 people, aswell as seating along the Pearl River. The actual performances will take place in the central part of the Island.

* The ceremony is being directed by Chen Weiya, who said he was inspired by the island as it has the shape of a sailing boat heading east, from a birds eye view.

* He has described the *colour of the ceremony* as being blue. He has also said it will be a big surprise and different from all ceremonies.

Will be interesting to see what comes of this.

[Ikarus360]

Chen Weiya was a co-director in the Beijing 2008 opening and closing ceremonies. About the blue, its because great part of the ceremony will be a travel through the Pearl River (since the river its very important in cantonese culture, region on which Guanghzou is located). He also said that the ceremonies will be very innovative and that he hopes the world likes his approach (but he also said that he doesnt plan to outbeat Beijing 2008).

I gotta say it sounds like an interesting idea, although i imagined they would do the ceremonies inside the stadium.

Some pics of the Haixinsha Island







Also this from a chinese website (bad english because it was translated):

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Guangzhou Asian Games opening and closing ceremonies on the sea, sand

http://news.sina.com...17120245s.shtml

□ Place the stands can accommodate 35000 spectators who wish to renounce the opening ceremony □ sea tactics, program ideas will be more refined

Hoi dao Guangzhou City, a point of intersection: the Pearl River east-west axes of this history, from north to south of Guangzhou for the future development of the new city axis.

Nanfang Daily News (Reporter / Tan also Fong) has been widely rumored in the sea, sand the Asian Games opening ceremony held in the news, and finally received official confirmation --- yesterday afternoon at the Asian Games in Guangzhou Asian Games official website announced: Guangzhou Asia Games opening and closing ceremonies will take place at the southern tip of the Pearl River Pearl River New City on the sea, sand Plaza.

An insider told reporters, as the Harbor location of sand rather special, for various considerations and the hope of engineering the construction process and program scheduling to avoid interference with the scene, it had been speculation about the outside world did not make a positive response. The reporter then learned from reliable sources, the sea, sand the entire proposed three stands, a total capacity of 35000 spectators; of these, VIP seats will have a helicopter landing site; and according to the Guangzhou Asian Games opening and closing ceremonies general director Chen Weiya revealed that at present Guangzhou Asian Games opening ceremony, performances and programs have been basically formed, they will abandon the usual human sea tactics, program ideas will be more refined.

The proposed three stands to accommodate 35000 spectators

According to reports, the sea, sand have long been the site of a confidential in accordance with plans to transform the entire island construction, in addition to the Pearl River New City rapid transit system, the island's main projects include the construction of spectator stands, performance stage, two temporary bridge will be transformed into the original dormitory rooms and so ready to perform, in addition to the VIP seats will also build a helicopter landing floor. Work to tight schedules, the construction was asked some workers from the Great Year began to return to work, at present the various sub-items have all the workers return to work.

At present the western side of the sea, sandy cay has erected a 30-meter-high fan-shaped stand, the whole east west grandstand seat has now completed three layers, each layer has two upper and lower mouth.

That in such a small island to accommodate the number of movie-goers? It is reported that 30-meter-high grandstand can hold the audience at 2.4 million people, but authorities are brewing in the north and south sides to increase the stands, when the entire site with the audience capacity of 3.5 million people.

VIP, or go Ershadao Shanghai Xin Sha

Hoi sand there is only a temporary bridge and the Pearl River New City Connection, the new temporary bridge to enhance traffic capacity is needed to solve problems. According to plans announced earlier, the island has long been included in the newly built two temporary bridge planning.

By convention, the opening ceremony of the Asian Games venues will distinguish between the audience channels, athletes and staff access, VIP access and so on three types of channels. Reporter also found the original a temporary bridge with the present two new temporary bridge, just enough to use three types of channels. Leading to the temporary bridge Ershadao can quickly reach Guangzhou Avenue and other main roads, in line with the requirements of the VIP channel leading to the temporary bridge Linjiang Avenue location just near the spectator stands, as the audience is the right channel to use, while the athletes and entertainers may be from the the existing temporary bridge access.

The opening ceremony intended to abandon the sea tactics

How the island hold a large-scale opening ceremony? Usual calisthenics scenes of how the layout was open? Show any bright spots? In this regard, the Guangzhou Asian Games opening and closing ceremonies general director Chen Weiya said that at present the Guangzhou Asian Games Opening Ceremony Performance and the ceremony program has been basically formed, the venue of the key facilities and equipment are already installed, and some important sections of the program has already begun rehearsals. For the first time in the non-stadium holding such a large-scale opening and closing ceremonies, Chen Wei-Ya looked very confident, "Such a special space, and we will give up their traditional sea tactics, into a creative, when you can see a very fine opening and closing ceremonies . "

An informed source also told this reporter, as early as late last year, the opening ceremony of a number of programs had already started rehearsals, "is mainly a number of challenging programs, respectively, Shaolin Temple in Henan and Guangzhou zhongluotan base conducted simultaneously."

Site-wide rapid transit system has been capped

It is understood that when the Pearl River New City in planning the design of a dedicated passenger transport system (referred to as mass rapid transit system) through the sea, sand, and this is the audience for the opening and closing ceremonies to facilitate the timely and finish at. The Pearl River New City rapid transit system total length of about 3.94 kilometers, all with underground lines, total of nine stations, from south to north Chigangta forest and West, in the middle across the Pearl River, in the Chigangta, sports centers and subway 3 line, on the 1st line of transfer. As early as in 2006 the system had already started end of last year across the board have all been capped nine stations in the middle range has also been run through 8. This year during the Spring Festival two workers began to return to work from being done on the construction site of the final sprint of this year can be built between Liu Qiyue.

[baron-pierreIV]

Oh, so it's going to borrow a little from Seoul and Melbourne.

[mattygs]

Will be interesting to see how it turns out. I dunno, I would have thought it would be easier to have an opening ceremony in a stadium, surely this takes out the now *trendy* underground the stadium factor.
The concept of an opening ceremony on a natural landmark isn't new, it's what Salzburg planned for their winter Games bid, a stadia bridging the river Salzach.
Chen Weiya is very experienced, though he was the main man behind the Beijing 2008 Closing Ceremony which left alot of people a tad deflated.

[baron-pierreIV]

mattygs, on 20 March 2010 - 11:20 PM, said:

Chen Weiya is very experienced, though he was the main man behind the Beijing 2008 Closing Ceremony which left alot of people a tad deflated.

Yeah, I thought the Beijing Closing was on the "heavy" side, i.e., pounding on and working those points that they did not ahve time to cover in the Opening.

[Brekkie Boy]

A few weeks ago when I was searching out some cauldron lightings from other games I found one which seemed to be in an open venue. (South East Asia Games 2005 - Manila)

[4gamesandcounting]

How will they light the cauldron in the Guanghzou stadium then? It's been waiting to be lit since being built!

[baron-pierreIV]

Brekkie Boy, on 21 March 2010 - 01:16 PM, said:

A few weeks ago when I was searching out some cauldron lightings from other games I found one which seemed to be in an open venue. (South East Asia Games 2005 - Manila)

The Philippines to this day, because of economics, some cultural 'traditions'* and geographic location, does not really have anything CLOSE to a traditional grand, 'enclosed' stadium...which is why that one was held in an 'open' venue. Also, they didn't spend much for that ceremony and having it in the open made it more accessible to a lot of people to whom buying tickets to a sports event is really a luxury.

* boxing, basketball in indoor A/C conditions is the biggest spectator sport there. Oh, there's cockfighting.

Edited by baron-pierreIV, 21 March 2010 - 02:42 PM.

[Mau2010]

Sounds like Albertville where they built a temporary stadium just for the ceremonies.

[baron-pierreIV]

Mau2010, on 23 March 2010 - 11:20 PM, said:

Sounds like Albertville where they built a temporary stadium just for the ceremonies.

Not close by any means. Notice they just ran that torch through the streets. That stand (the Quirino Grandstand) is just about one-fourth of a regular stadium if you will, i.e., only one side but a little curved. It's usually where the Pope holds a mass when he's in town or where they swear in a new president.

http://www.philippin...grandstand.html The photo shows all there is to that thing.

Edited by baron-pierreIV, 24 March 2010 - 07:41 AM.