Osaka Dome
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| Kyocera Dome Osaka (July 1, 2006-) | |
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| Location | Nishi-ku, Osaka |
| Coordinates | 34°40′9.61″N 135°28′33.77″E / 34.6693361°N 135.4760472°ECoordinates: 34°40′9.61″N 135°28′33.77″E / 34.6693361°N 135.4760472°E |
| Opened | March 1, 1997 |
| Owner | Osaka City Dome Co., Ltd. |
| Architect | Nikken Sekkei, Ltd. |
| Capacity | 36,477 |
| Field dimensions | Left: 100.0 m Left-Center: 116.0 m Center: 122.0 m Right-Center: 116.0 m Right: 100.0 m |
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| Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (Pacific League/NPB) (1997-2004) Orix Buffaloes (Pacific League/NPB) (2005, 2007-present) Osaka Gold Villicanes (KIBL) (2009-present) (2001 East Asian Games |
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Osaka Dome (大阪ドーム) is a baseball stadium located in Osaka, Japan. Beginning in 1997, the stadium was the home field of the Kintetsu Buffaloes. In 2005, the stadium became one of the homes of the Orix Buffaloes as a result of the merger of the Orix Blue Wave and Kintetsu Buffaloes. Prior to the Osaka Dome opening, the Buffaloes played their home games at Fujiidera Stadium. Hanshin Tigers also uses the stadium as their "home field" for their season opener and games in August due to the unavailablility to Koushien Stadium which used to held high school baseball tournments on that time.
Osaka Dome was the sight of the debut of Eri Yoshida for the Kobe 9 Cruise in the opening game of the Kansai Independent Baseball League on March 26, 2009. Attendance for the game was 11,592.[1]
Music acts like Arashi, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Beyoncé, Celine Dion, The Rolling Stones, The Eagles, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Guns N' Roses, Billy Joel, Madonna, The Police and L'Arc~en~Ciel have performed large-scale concerts in this stadium.
On March 16, 2010 the arena will host the worlds number selling one back catalogue act, Autralian heavy weights, AC/DC.
On August 3, 2002, the Osaka Dome hosted the American Bowl preseason NFL game between the Washington Redskins and the San Francisco 49ers.
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[edit] Naming rights by Kyocera
As Kyocera Corporation have been advertising at Osaka Dome since 2003, Osaka City Dome Company Limited offered Kyocera naming rights of the dome in January 2006. On March 2, 2006, Kyocera captured the naming rights of the dome and it was scheduled to be named "Kyocera Dome Osaka (京セラドーム大阪)" on April 1. However, because of the reorganization of the Dome Company, the contract entering was delayed and the naming was on July 1.
The name "Kyocera Dome Osaka" is used until March 31, 2011.
[edit] Access
- A short walk from Dome-mae Chiyozaki Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line and Dome-mae Station on the Hanshin Railway Hanshin Namba Line.
- A 7-minute walk from Taisho Station on the JR West Osaka Loop Line.
- A 9-minute walk from Kujo Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Chūō Line.
[edit] External links
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- (Japanese) Official website
[edit] References
- ^ Gonzalez, Alden (2009-03-27). "Female pitcher makes history in Japan: Side-arming knuckleballer notches strikeout in pro debut". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090327&content_id=4074856&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
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