Description: the armed forces orchestra ready to perform at the closing cermony of the world games 2009 in kaohsiung, taiwan. kaohsiung stadium, was built as the main stadium for the 2009 world games which were held from july 16, 2009 to july 26, 2009. toyo ito of japan is the architect. the stadium is an environmental, eco-friendly 'green', stadium and is self powered by solar energy. the stadium seats up to 55,000 people.