In the late 1980s, the Beijing government spent RMB 2.5 billion (US$ 302.1 million) developing sports venues and related facilities for the 1990 Asian Games. These facilities, with a total floor area of 1.3 million m2, include 80 venues for athletic training and competitions, 55 of which were either renovated or newly constructed buildings. However, Beijing still faces the sizeable task of building 24 completely new competition venues and related facilities and Beijing and the other host cities will need to revamp 13 existing facilities to bring them up to International Olympic Committee specifications, according to the BOCOG.
