A centerpiece of a Olympic Sports Centre complex, the stadium is the only venue in the Olympic Village with a roof made entirely of polycarbonate sheets. The 40,000 seat venue, located at the Olympic Village's southern part, was built for the Asian Games held in 1990. It was then renovated to host football matches games in addition to Cross Country and Show Jumping disciplines of the Modern Pentathlon for the 2008 Olympics. The stadium roof was fitted with SUNLITE Solar Control heat-blocking panels (with Solar Metallic Grey color) to maintain the complex's metallic roofing style and match the roofs of its other two venues, the Ying Tung Natatorium and the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium. Specifying SUNLITE multiwall polycarbonate sheets for the roof realized a number of the architect's considerations: the lightweight sheets allowed simplifying of the structure and a larger roof span to cover more extensively over the crowed. Aside from having the desired color, the Solar-Control sheets admit 15% of the light while blocking a portion of the nearinfrared radiation to provide cool light and therefor a more pleasant atmosphere for the visitors.