A Tour of the Bird's Nest

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The ambitious design has called for 45,000t of unwrapped steel knitted in an intricate open-weave structure to form the gentle curving basis of the stadium. The final building will house 91,000 spectators, alongside shops, restaurants, cafes, bars and meeting spaces.

Building was temporarily halted in 2004 due to financial concerns, and at one point it looked as though the weatherproofing would not be part of the final building, meaning that thousands of spectators would be getting wet.

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