The Seoul Olympic Stadium^[4] (Korean: 서울올림픽주경기장; Hanja: 서울올림픽主競技場), a.k.a “Jamsil Olympic Stadium" (formerly romanised as Chamshil), is a multi-purpose stadium in Seoul, South Korea. It is the main stadium built for the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 10th Asian Games in 1986. It is the centrepiece of the Seoul Sports Complex in the Songpa District, in the southeast of the city south of the Han River.^[5] It is the largest stadium in South Korea.

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Seoul Olympic Stadium

Jamsil Olympic Stadium
Seoul Olympic Stadium in 2018
Location	Jamsil-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Public transit	Seoul Metropolitan Subway: at Sports Complex
Owner	Seoul Sports Facilities Management Center
Operator	Seoul Sports Facilities Management Center
Capacity	69,950[1]
Field size	110 x 75m
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	28 November 1977; 46 years ago (1977-11-28)[2]
Opened	29 September 1984; 39 years ago (1984-09-29)[3]
Construction cost	491 billion won
Architect	Kim Swoo-geun
Tenants
South Korea national football team (1984–2000, 2013) Seoul United (2007–2009, 2012) Seoul E-Land (2015–2022)

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This multi-purpose stadium was designed by Kim Swoo-geun. The lines of the stadium's profile imitate the elegant curves of a Korean Joseon Dynasty porcelain vase. Spectator seats are distributed on two tiers, half covered. Initially built with a capacity of approximately 100,000, today it seats 69,950.

Before its construction, Seoul's largest venues were Dongdaemun Stadium and Hyochang Stadium. Seating 30,000 and 20,000 respectively, they were too small to attract world-class sporting events. Construction on the new stadium began in 1977 with the aim of staging the Asian Games in 1986. When Seoul was awarded the Games of the XXIV Olympiad in September 1981, this stadium became the centrepiece.

Officially, the stadium opened on 29 September 1984 as the main work for the 10th Asian Games held two years later, then the Olympics in 1988. However, it has not been used to stage a major world sporting event since then. It currently has no occupant, although the Korea Football Association has expressed interest in renovate and modernize the stadium, transforming it into a permanent ground for the national team matches.

The events hosted by the stadium during the Olympics were the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, athletics, the football finals, and the equestrian jumping individual final. The stadium also performed the same functions during the 1988 Summer Paralympics.^[6]