first Group E Asian Cup qualifiers match and the Lions beat Jordan 2–1. 26 July: English football club Liverpool makes their second visit to Singapore and the Reds beat the Singapore national team 5–0. 12 August: Singapore held the Chinese national team to a 1–1 draw in a special National Day Challenge but lost 4–3 in the penalty shootout. 4 November: The Singapore national team beat the Indonesian national team 3–1 in a friendly. 14 November: The second Group E qualifier on home soil for the Asian Cup results in a 1-3 reverse to Thailand. 2010 6 January: The third Group E qualifier for the Asian Cup was a 1–3 defeat to Iran. 17 April: Taiwanese pop group May Day's series of 2010 concerts' Singapore leg, initially scheduled to be held at the Padang was rearranged to the National Stadium, due to overwhelming response. This is the first non-football event to be held at the stadium since the official closure. June: The grass pitch was stripped bare and the grass has been transplanted to other fields under the Sports Council such as the Kallang Practice Track. This was the first sign of the demolition of the stadium after a three-year delay. 29 September: The National Stadium started its demolition and making way for the construction of the Sports Hub. 2011 February: The demolition of the entire stadium completes. 2012 late 2012: It was announced that NDP 2013 would be the last National Day Parade to be held at the Marina Bay Floating Stadium before moving back to Kallang in 2014. 2013 10 June: Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, Mr Lawrence Wong visits the construction site of the new National Stadium before its completion. 26 November: It was announced that the National Day Parade in 2014 will be the official last one at Marina Bay, as the Sports Hub will not make it on time for the parade. 2014 14 February: Sports Hub CEO Philippe Collin Delavaud announced that the Sports Hub will not be fully open by April 2014 as the National Stadium's completion was pushed back to June 2014. 30 June: The new National Stadium was officially opened on the former site of the Former National Stadium. See also Singapore Indoor Stadium Singapore National Stadium References External links National Stadium tribute website History of the National Stadium AFC Asian Cup stadiums Athletics (track and field) venues in