Kyocera Dome Osaka
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Location | Nishi-ku, Osaka |
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Coordinates | 34°40′9.48″N 135°28′33.97″E / 34.6693000°N 135.4761028°ECoordinates: 34°40′9.48″N 135°28′33.97″E / 34.6693000°N 135.4761028°E |
Public transit |
Osaka Metro: |
Owner | Osaka City Dome Co., Ltd. (Orix Group) |
Capacity | 51,000(baseball game 36,477) |
Field size |
Left: 100.0 m Left-Center: 116.0 m Center: 122.0 m Right-Center: 116.0 m Right: 100.0 m |
Construction | |
Opened | March 1, 1997 |
Architect | Nikken Sekkei, Ltd. |
Tenants | |
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (Pacific League/NPB) (1997–2004) Orix Buffaloes (Pacific League/NPB) (2005, 2007—present) Osaka Gold Villicanes (KIBL) (2009—present) |
The Kyocera Dome Osaka (京セラドーム大阪) is a baseball stadium located in Osaka, Japan. Opened 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, a result of the merger between the Orix BlueWave and Kintetsu Buffaloes. Prior to the Osaka Dome opening, the Buffaloes played their home games at Fujiidera Stadium. The Hanshin Tigers also use the stadium as their "home field" for their season openers and their home games in August because their stadium, Koshien Stadium, is used for high school baseball tournaments during those periods.
Naming rights by Kyocera
Kyocera Corporation subsidiary Kyocera Document Solutions Incorporated has been advertising at Osaka Dome since April 2003. Osaka City Dome Company Limited offered Kyocera naming rights of the domed stadium in January 2006. On March 2, 2006, Kyocera captured the naming rights of the domed stadium and it was scheduled to be named "Kyocera Dome Osaka (京セラドーム大阪)" on April 1. However, the contract entering was delayed until July 1 due to the reorganization of the Dome Company. The original contract was for five years, and it has since been renewed several times.
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 Kujō Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Chūō Line.
References
External links
- (in Japanese) Official website
- Stadium picture
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