Beijing Olympic Village


The Beijing Olympic Village is a complex of high-rise apartments in Beijing, China, which were opened to the public on July 27, 2008 and closed on August 27, 2008, in conjunction with the 2008 Summer Olympics. As an Olympic Village, it hosted the competitors and their coaches during the event.
The village consists of 660,000 square meters of land that connects with the Olympic forest as well as the Olympic stadium, and two media villages that can host up to 7,000 media personnel. The village's capacity of over 16,000 athletes included enough space for both social and athletic needs. From the total Olympics budget, $1.827 billion was used on the Olympic Village. Beijing spent $42 billion on hosting in 2008. The impact on the economy is exponential.
Safety was of extreme importance to athletes as well as their home countries. During the Olympics, extreme humidity and pollution was a problem with the Czech team taking their own air measurements to ensure the health and safety of their athletes.