41ABSTRACT:Thispaperrevealstherelationshipbe-tweentheStrategicPlanofGuangzhouandtheven-uesofAsianGames.Methodologicallyacasestudyisfirstlyexaminedbeforeabriefintroductionoftheplanofmajorvenues.Theinter-relationbetweenthelocationsofvenuesisanalyzedindepthwithcon-cernsoftheStrategicPlanastofurtherrevealthepotentialbroughtaboutbytheplanofmajorvenuesofAsianGames.KEYWORDS:Guangzhou;StrategicPlan;AsianGames;layoutofvenues122010ASIANGAMESVENUESAND2010GUANGZHOUSTRATEGICPLANYIXiaofeng;LIUYunya;XUZhidong;LIAOYuantao;YANYongtaoPlanningandDesign42VOL.33SUPPLEMENT2009200933CITYPLANNINGREVIEW34431Fig.1LocationsofmajorvenuesPlanningandDesign44VOL.33SUPPLEMENT2009200933CITYPLANNINGREVIEW51Tab.1Listofnewly-builtvenues2Fig.2Distributionofnew-builtvenues453Fig.3Trafficroutesbetweentransportterminalsandvenues4Fig.4TrafficroutesplanforAsianGames52000Fig.5Spatialstructureof2000StrategicPlan62009Fig.6Spatialstructureof2009StrategicPlanPlanningandDesign68VOL.33SUPPLEMENT2009200933CITYPLANNINGREVIEW