Yokohama Stadium
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For athletic (track & field) and football (soccer) stadium, which official name is "International Stadium Yokohama", see Nissan Stadium (Yokohama).
Yokohama Stadium (横浜スタジアム, Yokohama Sutajiamu) is a baseball stadium in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It opened in 1978 and has a capacity of 34,046 people.
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横浜スタジアム | |
Former names | Lou Gehrig Stadium |
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Address | Yokohama Park, Naka-ku |
Location | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
Coordinates | 35°26′36.34″N 139°38′24.36″E |
Public transit | Yokohama Municipal Subway: Blue Line at Kannai Yokohama Minatomirai Railway: Minatomirai Line at Nihon-ōdōri |
Owner | Yokohama City |
Operator | Yokohama Stadium, Ltd. |
Capacity | 20,000 (Football) 34,046 (Baseball) |
Field size | Left/right field – 94 m (308.4 ft) Left/right-center – 111.4 m (366 ft) Center Field – 118 m (387.1 ft) Height of Outfield Fence – 5 m (16.4 ft) |
Surface | FieldTurf (since 2003) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | April 1977 |
Opened | April 4, 1978 |
Renovated | March 2007 |
Construction cost | 4,800,000,000 yen |
Tenants | |
Yokohama DeNA BayStars (NPB) (1978–present) Japan Bowl (1980–91) |
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It is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. The stadium features dirt around the bases and pitcher's mound, but with dirt colored turf infield and base paths. The entire green portion of the field is also turfed.
It hosted an Australian rules football match and drew the second largest crowd for such an event outside of Australia.[1]