Bird's Nest stadium - The Beijing National Stadium, also known as the National Stadium or colloquially as the'Birds Nest' for its architecture, is a stadium in the Olympic Green in Beijing, China that was completed in March 2008. The stadium hosted the main track and field competitions for the 2008 Summer Olympics, the opening and closing ceremonies and the men's football gold medal match. It is located east of the Beijing National Aquatics Center. The Stadium now holds the Olympic Flame cauldron, which is shaped as a conical scroll. The cauldron was placed on the top during the opening ceremony, so that it could then be lit at the end of the ceremony. The flame remained there until the end of the 2008 games.