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Daegu Stadium

Blue Arc
Full name	Daegu Stadium
Former names	Daegu World Cup Stadium
Location	Daegu, South Korea
Coordinates	35°49′47.2″N 128°41′25.1″E / 35.829778°N 128.690306°E / 35.829778; 128.690306Coordinates: 35°49′47.2″N 128°41′25.1″E / 35.829778°N 128.690306°E / 35.829778; 128.690306
Broke ground	29 July 1997
Opened	28 June 2001
Owner	DaeGu Metropolitan City
Operator	Daegu City
Surface	Grass, Tartan track
Construction cost	265 million USD
Architect	Kang Cheol-Hee, Idea Image Institute of Architects (IIIA)
Structural engineer	Substructure: Seoul Structure, Roof: WS Atkins
General Contractor	Samsung
Capacity	66,422
Field dimensions	105 x 68 m (Running track: 400 m x 8 lane, 100 m x 9 lane)
Tenants
Daegu F.C. (2003–present)

Daegu Stadium (Blue Arc, formerly Daegu World Cup Stadium) is a sports stadium located in Daegu, South Korea.

History

The construction was completed in May of 2001 at a cost of 265,000,000 USD. It was the biggest stadium in South Korea at 2002 FIFA World Cup. It was used as a football game venue for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and is the home stadium for Daegu FC of the Korea Professional Soccer League (K-League). It was the main stadium for the 2003 Summer Universiade and will also host the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics. The name was changed to Daegu Stadium on March 5, 2008.

Structure

The roof was engineered by the international consultancy WS Atkins. The roof is in two sections, each with an inclined trussed steel arch spanning 273m for a rise of only 28.7m, and propped by 13 secondary arches off a perimeter second "arch" that is supported by raking columns^[1]. The total roof steel weight is 4,350t. The roof cladding is a PTFE coated glass reinforced fabric canopy. The modelling (form-finding) and analysis of the tensile roof was performed by Tensys^[2]. Wind tunnel studies were carried out by BMT Limited to assess the wind loading on the roof.

2002 FIFA World Cup

The stadium was one of the venues of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and held the following matches:

Date	Team #1	Res.	Team #2	Round
2002-06-06	Denmark	1-1	Senegal	Group A
2002-06-08	Slovenia	0-1	South Africa	Group B
2002-06-10	Korea Republic	1-1	United States	Group D
2002-06-29	Korea Republic	2-3	Turkey	Third Place

Events

Daegu Marathon

Daegu World Cup Stadium hosts the Daegu Marathon annually in April of each year.

Venue

Daegu World Cup Stadium has seating for 65,754 people, and parking for 3550 cars. It's located 20 minutes by car from Daegu Airport (approximately 11 km).

Outside the stadium

See also

• Daegu FC
• List of sports venues in South Korea
• Daegu

References

• 대구 월드컵 경기장, 시민들을 위한 따뜻한 쉼터 - Dream stadium of K-League (Korean)

1. ^ "Korea Ready for Kickoff", New Civil Engineer (accessed 2009-10-20)
2. ^ Building Types Study: Stadiums: Daegu Stadium, Architectural Record (accessed 2009-10-20)

External links

• Daegu Sports Facilities Management Center (Korean)
• Daegu FC Official Site (Korean)
• World Stadiums