Beijing Olympic park to reopen, free to citizens
8/10/2008 17:22
The Olympic park in the Chinese capital is expected to reopen to citizens
on Friday after it was closed on Monday for dismantling of certain
facilities.
Beijing citizens are free to enter into the common area of the
park, otherwise called Olympic Green, but they still need to buy tickets for the
National Stadium, or Bird's Nest, and the Water Cube, two major Olympic venues,
according to Wang Chun, an Olympic Park common area administration commission
official.
The 1,135-hectare park in Chaoyang District was shut on Monday to
dismantle some business and security check facilities after it hosted more than
2.8 million tourists during the week-long National Day holidays from Sept. 29 to
Oct. 5.
Local citizens need no strict security check when they enter into the
common area after it reopens.
Xinhua
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