CNA Arena Akita

CNA Arena Akita is an arena in Rinkai-area, Akita, Japan. It is owned and run by the city.^[2] Cable Networks Akita acquired its naming rights in 2015.^[3] The silver-colored building opened in 1994 and holds 5,000 people.^[4] The gym has a dome-shaped 154 feet height ceiling, and added 2,088 extra seatings in 2016.^[5][6][7] It is the home arena of the Akita Northern Happinets of the B.League, Japan's professional basketball league. The biggest basketball court in Akita is Akita Prefectural Gymnasium.

CNA Arena Akita

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Full name	Akita City Gymnasium Akita Shiritsu Taiikukan
Location	Akita, Japan
Coordinates	39°43′32.3″N 140°5′15.7″E
Parking	382
Owner	Akita city
Operator	Akita city
Capacity	5,000: basketball
Field size	24,276.88 m2
Surface	Birch flooring
Construction
Opened	April, 1994
Construction cost	JPY3.8 billion[1]
Architect	Toyokazu Watanabe [ja]
Structural engineer	Kawasaki Architect Structural Engineers
Main contractors	Konoike Construction
Tenants
Akita Northern Happinets (2016-present) Yonex Akita Masters (2018-present)

Facilities

• Main arena - 2,540m² （63.5m×40m）
• Sub arena - 863m² （38.0m×22m）
• Table tennis room - 324m²
• Multi-purpose hall - 324m²
• Running course - 810m²

Sports Events

CNA Arena has hosted the following sports events:

• 2001 World Games - Acrobatic gymnastics, Aerobic gymnastics, Rhythmic gymnastics, Dancesport, Trampoline gymnanastics
• National Sports Festival of Japan - Gymnastics (2007)
• bj League All-Star Game (2014)
• Akita Masters

Sports events at former municipal gymnasium in Sannoh

• All-Japan Artistic Gymnastics Championships 20–23 November 1964,^[8] Akita City-born Yukio Endō won gold medals in individual all-around, silver medals in floor exercise, rings, vault, horizontal bar and bronze medal in parallel bars

Gallery

• 
  View from Rinkai road
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  Sub Arena
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  The Happinets Powerhouse
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  Main Arena
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  Panoramio photo
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  Satellite view
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  Aerial view of former Akita Municipal Gymnasium in 1975 (39°43′7.9″N 140°06′17.1″E)

Drops of water

On January 9. 2018, it leaked on the court floor, and the basketball game was delayed.^[9] Other roof leaks are also reported.^[10]

Attendance records

The record for a basketball game is 4,951, set on November 30, 2022, when the Happinets defeated the Alvark Tokyo 83-69.^[11]

Access

Chuo Kotsu bus

• From Akita Station: Akita Chūō Kōtsū [tl] for Rinkai Eigyosho, Kenritsu Pool. Get off at Shiritsu Taiikukan-mae.

References

1. "市立体育館の修繕、足場に１０億円？ 苦悩する秋田市：朝日新聞デジタル". 12 September 2019.
2. Akita city (April 2012). "秋田市立体育館清掃業務仕様書" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
3. "ＣＮＡ、市立体育館の命名権を獲得 秋田市と契約へ｜さきがけonTheWeb". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
4. "＜ｂｊ秋田＞仮設席でアリーナ問題解消 | 河北新報オンラインニュース". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
5. Sports Hochi (30 September 2016). "【バスケット】天井４７メートル！秋田、１０・１ホーム開幕Ａ東京戦へ会場準備着々". Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
6. Sports Hochi (30 September 2016). "【バスケット】快適！秋田のホーム新設移動観覧席にドリンクホルダー". Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
7. Akita City (30 September 2016). "秋田市立体育館 手動式移動仮説席 仕様書" (PDF). Retrieved 13 October 2017.
8. "パンフレット 1964年 第18回 全日本体操競技選手".^{[permanent dead link]}
9. Akita Sakigake (9 January 2018). "ＣＮＡアリーナ雨漏り ミニバス決勝２０分遅れ". Retrieved 25 April 2018.
10. Letter from Home 徒然なるままに、、、 SumConceptDesign泉です (20 April 2015). "秋田市立体育館 設計：渡辺豊和". Retrieved 25 April 2018.
11. 秋田ノーザンハピネッツ [@AKITA_NH] (2022-11-30). "【11/30(水)vs アルバルク東京@ CNAアリーナ☆あきた】" (Tweet). Retrieved 2023-04-11 – via Twitter.

External links

• Aerial view
• Bus stop at CNA Arena
• CNA Arena video

Location map

CNA Arena Akita