Shenzhen Dayun Arena

Shenzhen Dayun Arena
深圳大运中心体育馆
Location	Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre; Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Public transit	Universiade ; 3 14 16
Owner	Shenzhen Municipal Government
Operator	China Resources
Capacity	18,000
Construction
Opened	August 2011
Architect	GMP Architects
Tenants
	Shenzhen KRS (WCIHL); Shenzhen Leopards (CBA); Former tenants; Shenzhen Naja (CAFL) (2016); Vanke Rays (CWHL) (2017–18);
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	深圳大运中心体育馆
Traditional Chinese	深圳大運中心體育館
Literal meaning	Shenzhen Universiade Center Gymnasium
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shēnzhèn Dàyùn Zhōngxīn Tǐyùguǎn
Wade–Giles	Shenchen Tayün Chunghsin T'iyükuan
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Sāmjan Daaihwahn Jūngsām Táiyuhkgún

The Shenzhen Dayun Arena or Shenzhen Universiade Centre Gymnasium (Chinese: 深圳大运中心体育馆) is a basketball and ice hockey arena in the Longgang District of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It is one of the three sports venues that comprise Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, along with Longgang Stadium and the Universiade Centre Aquatic Centre.

In addition to basketball and ice hockey, Shenzhen Dayun Arena is used for badminton, gymnastics, and table tennis events.^[1]

History

The 18,000 seat arena was designed by the German architecture firm Gerkan, Marg and Partners (GMP) and constructed for the 2011 Summer Universiade, which was hosted by Shenzhen. It opened in August 2011 and was used as a venue for basketball at the 2011 Summer Universiade, hosting games for both the men's tournament and women's tournament. In official 2011 Universiade documents, the arena is referred to as the "Main Gymnasium of Universiade Center" (Chinese: 大运中心主体育馆; pinyin: Dàyùn Zhōngxīn Zhǔ Tǐyùguǎn).