The NTSU Arena (Chinese: 國立體育大學綜合體育館; pinyin: Guólì Tǐyù Dàxué Zònghé Tǐyùguǎn), also known as Linkou Arena or NTSU Multipurpose Gymnasium, is a multi-purpose indoor arena located on the campus of National Taiwan Sport University in Taoyuan, Taiwan. It was opened in September 1986 and is managed by National Taiwan Sport University. The facility has a capacity of around 15,000 seats for sporting events.
國立體育大學綜合體育館 | |
 NTSU Arena in 2020 | |
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| Location | Guishan District, Taoyuan, Taiwan |
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| Coordinates | 25°02′06″N 121°23′01″E / 25.034869°N 121.383694°E |
| Public transit |  Taoyuan Metro:  National Taiwan Sport University |
| Owner | National Taiwan Sport University |
| Operator | National Taiwan Sport University |
| Capacity | 15,000 (sporting events) |
| Construction | |
| Opened | September 1986 |
| Architect | Zongmai Architects[1] |
| Tenants | |
| Taoyuan Leopards (T1) (2022–2023) | |
Description
editThe auditorium is bowl-shaped, divided into upper, middle and lower sections, with about 11,000 fixed seats and about 4,000 movable seats.[1]
Notable events
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On December 14, 1997, the opening ceremony of Foguang Satellite TV was held at the facility. During the 2017 Summer Universiade, swimming, archery and water polo competitions took place at the arena.[2][3] The Taiwan People's Party's first anniversary party celebration and party member meeting as well as the Second National Congress of the 21st National Congress of the Chinese Kuomintang in 2022 was held at the NTSU Arena.
| Dates | Artist | Event |
|---|---|---|
| March 16, 2014 | Avril Lavigne | The Avril Lagvine Tour |
| September 28, 2014 | Pet Shop Boys | Electric Tour |
| September 9–10, 2016 | BigBang | Made V.I.P Tour |
| October 21–22, 2017 | BTS | The Wings Tour |
| March 23–25, 2018 | G.E.M. | Queen of Hearts World Tour |
| August 25–26, 2018 | Wanna One | One: The World |
| September 22, 2018 | iKon | iKon 2018 Continue Tour |
| September 23, 2018 | Winner | 2018 Everywhere Tour |
| September 29, 2018 | Nana Mizuki | Nana Mizuki Live Island 2018 |
| October 18, 2018 | Mariah Carey | Mariah Carey: Live in Concert |
| November 10, 2018 | Charlie Puth | Voicenotes Tour |
| March 3, 2019 | Blackpink | In Your Area World Tour |
| July 28, 2019 | Westlife | The Twenty Tour |
| August 31, 2019 | GFriend | Go Go GFriend! Asia Tour |
| November 24, 2019 | Winner | Winner Cross Tour |
| November 30–December 1, 2019 | IU | 2019 IU Tour Concert <Love, Poem> |
| December 7, 2019 | Jordan Chan | Stop Angry Tour |
| February 29, 2020 | Seventeen | Ode to You World Tour |
| March 14, 2020 | AB6IX | 6ixsense World Tour |
| March 28, 2020 | Got7 | Keep Spinning World Tour |
| January 14–15, 2023 | Mamamoo | My Con World Tour |
| February 26, 2023 | Itzy | Checkmate World Tour |
| March 4, 2023 | Treasure | Treasure Hello Tour |
| January 13–14, 2024 | Enhypen | Fate World Tour |
| February 24, 2024 | TVXQ | 20&2 Tour |
| March 2–3, 2024 | Ive | Show What I Have World Tour |
| May 4–5, 2024 | Baekhyun | Lonsdaleite Asia tour |
| August 9-11, 2024 | Aespa | Synk: Parallel Line World Tour 2024 |
References
edit- ^ a b "林口體育館". Zongmai Architects (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on March 31, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ Lee, I-chia (June 25, 2017). "Taipei mayor visits Taoyuan Summer Universiade venues - Taipei Times". Taipei Times. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ "北京消极参与台北世大运 选手称在乎金牌". Voice of America Chinese (in Chinese). August 24, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2023.