2000年前後，廣州地鐵喺體育館一帶起越秀公園站同通去廣州火車站嘅區間隧道，因為工程理由當局決定拆咗個體育館，為地鐵施工開闢地皮。2001年5月18號，體育館畀炸咗。體育館爆破拆除畀冠以「中國第一爆」。原地皮喺2002年10月開始成為錦漢展覽中心，2012年後停業拆卸，地皮到宜家都未有動靜。
Around 2000, the Guangzhou Metro built Yuexiu Park Station and the section tunnel leading to Guangzhou Railway Station around the gymnasium, but the authorities decided to demolish the gymnasium for engineering reasons to open up land for subway construction. On May 18, 2001, the stadium was bombed. The demolition of the stadium was crowned "China's first explosion". The original site began to become the Jinhan Exhibition Center in October 2002, and was closed and demolished after 2012, and the land has not been moved until now.