Qingdao is going all out to build a strong sports city. The CBA All-Star Game has just come to an end while another first-rate event is about to open in Qingdao.
On March 25, AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Qingdao Venue Organizing Committee was officially established. The preparations for the event entered a full-speed phase. Asian Cup is the leader of Asian soccer development and its standard is an all-round measure of the level of development of Asian soccer and the strength of the host city. Qingdao has the responsibility and ability to be such an excellent host city.
Qingdao Soccer Enters "Asian Cup" Time
From June 16 to July 16, 2023, the 18th Asian Cup will be held in China. It will be the most ever Asian Cup with 10 host cities, lasting 31 days, and 24 participating teams.
It's widely believed that Asian Cup is the most valuable soccer tournament with huge influence and high level in Asia. So this time, the game not only provides Chinese fans with the opportunity to attend a soccer game to feel its atmosphere, but also will add new vitality to the Chinese soccer market.
By hosting the Asian Cup, the host city will benefit a lot in terms of venue construction, sports industry, economic development, international influence and many other aspects. Therefore, Qingdao seizes the opportunity to early start the event bid process. Finally, it successfully stepped on the wind of the Asian Cup in the competition of 19 cities.
The Tournament and the City Achieve each other
International large-scale tournament is not only a window to show the city, but to drive the overall development of the city's system engineering.
Sports events are an important way to enhance the vitality of the city, expand external communication and establish a good image. The tournament and the city achieve each other, and the vitality of sports promotes the potential development of cities. The competition brings not only the visibility, influence, and economic benefits.
The 2023 Asian Cup will coincide with the peak tourism season in Qingdao, and numerous domestic and foreign fans will come to Qingdao to cheer for their teams, which will significantly increase Qingdao's tourism revenue and international popularity and reputation.
In recent years, many local brands of Qingdao frequently appear in the World Cup, the European Cup and other events. On this occasion, they will focus on their hometown and put more "Qingdao brand" in the Asian Cup.
Youth Soccer Field Upgrades the Soccer City —— Qingdao
As a central part of hosting the Asian Cup, Qingdao Youth Soccer Field has been attracting a lot of attention from the outside world.
According to the introduction, the Youth Soccer Field, with a total construction area of about 191,000 square meters, is a mega sports and commercial complex for leisure and fitness, vacation and tourism, food and shopping. In addition to the 50,000-seat professional soccer field for Asian Cup matches, the project also comes standard with two soccer training fields, a multi-purpose hall, a swimming training hall, underground parking spaces and related infrastructure facilities.
It is clear that the soccer field that is rising from the ground makes the iterative upgrade of the hardware of the "Soccer City". After Qingdao successfully hosted Asian Cup, it will undoubtedly acquire a wealth about soccer.
The first and foremost is the improvement of Qingdao's soccer atmosphere. Being in a professional soccer field and shouting for the home club, soccer will become the explosive point that fully ignites the passion of Qingdao fans and the whole city, helping the construction of the international fashion city.
The second is to promote youth soccer development. As the foundation of the tower continues to be strengthened and enlarged, more soccer elites from Qingdao will appear in the Chinese Super League and even the national team in the near future.
What's more, from a strategic and long-term perspective, it is a big probability that the World Cup will come to China. Therefore, Qingdao could show strong ability to host the tournament and reserve enough talent through the mini-test such as Asian Cup, and then it will have the possibility to become the host city of the World Cup.
