The stadium-building frenzy that took over China in the lead up to the 2008 Olympics hasn't stopped.
The glitzy new Shanghai Oriental Sports Center opened earlier this summer, and more venues are currently under construction in cities and towns across the country.
But these stadiums have one little problem: no one uses them.
China's domestic sports scene is still in its infancy — with basketball and a corruption-hit soccer league the only viable organizations.
That means many of these spectacular-looking, expensively-built monuments sit empty until they lure big international competitions to town once or twice a year.
National Stadium in Beijing is primarily a tourist attraction
The Bird's Nest is one of the most iconic buildings of the 21st century.
After it was center stage during the Olympics, it's fallen into relative disuse.
The 91,000-seat venue is now a tourist trap where visitors pay $7 to enter the souvenir shop.
The local soccer team doesn't play there, and the only events it holds are sporadic concerts or exhibition games.
Source: NYT
They turned it into an amusement park called Happy Ice and Snow Season in 2010
But the exterior is still stunning
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