Beijing City's Worker' Stadium Area

Over the last few years an active nightclub scene has built up on the south and west side of the stadium, and nearly all Beijing's mega-clubs can be found here.Unlike Shanghai, Beijing has never been known as a party city. But you know what? Work hard, play hard could be the capital's new motto, and nowhere is this

better shown than in the area around the Workers' Stadium (Gongti in Chinese). To keep the clubbers fed there are 24-hour restaurants including Bellagio and Three Guizhou Men.

The Workers' Stadium itself was built in 1959 as a multipurpose venue and is home to Beijing's Guo'an football team as well as being the venue for major sporting occasions and music concerts. It's currently being refurbished for the Olympics and is due to reopen in August 2007, when it will host the quarter- and semi-finals of the local football cup competition. A block to the west of the Workers' Stadium is the Workers' Gymnasium, a smaller indoor arena that will host the boxing events for the 2008 Olympics.