Lhasa Mass Culture and Sports Center

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Lhasa Mass Culture and Sports Center, located in Liwu New District, Lhasa, Tibet, is a combined stadium, gymnasium, and Tibet Yak Museum with a music plaza. It is the highest-elevation modern stadium in the world. The complex sits near Chaguo Avenue, Olympic Avenue, East Ring Road, and Liuwu Xincun Road.

Built with support from Beijing Municipality, it was a key project marking Tibet’s 60th anniversary after the annexation by the People’s Republic of China. The project cost about 750 million yuan and includes a stadium, a gym, the Tibet Yak Museum, and a music plaza. The stadium holds about 30,000 spectators, the gym 6,000 seats, and the Yak Museum covers more than 8,000 square meters.

Groundbreaking occurred on August 31, 2011, construction began on July 3, 2012, and the main structure was roofed by August 18, 2013. The stadium opened in September 2014, and the entire center was completed in October 2014. In November 2015, the center won China’s Luban Award, the top prize in the construction industry. In February 2015, the Lhasa Jodo Men’s Basketball Club made the gym its home court. On September 7, 2018, it hosted the opening cultural performance for the 4th China Tibet Tourism and Culture International Expo.

The Tibet Yak Museum is at No. 6 Tsagao Avenue, east of Lhasa Railway Station, and focuses on yak culture. The museum idea was floated in 2010 with Beijing support, and preparatory offices opened in 2011. The main building began in 2012, and the museum opened for trial operation on May 18, 2014. It later hosted the “Yak in the Capital Museum” exhibition at the Capital Museum in Beijing from December 2016 to March 2017.