Nices Arena

Nices Arena
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Full name	Yurihonjo General Disaster Prevention Park
Location	18 Tajirino, Ishiwaki, Yurihonjo, Japan
Coordinates	39°23′56.3″N 140°02′00.4″E / 39.398972°N 140.033444°E
Public transit	Japan Railway Ugo-Honjō Station
Parking	1,000 spaces
Owner	The City of Yurihonjo
Operator	Mizuno Sports Service
Capacity	Concert:5,000; Basketball:4,000
Field size	16,967 sqm
Scoreboard	Daktronics LED centerhung scoreboard;
Construction
Broke ground	March 18, 2016
Opened	October 1, 2018
Construction cost	JPY10.8 billion
Architect	Azusa Sekkei
Main contractors	Sato Kogyo
Tenants
	Prestige International Aranmare Akita; Akita Northern Happinets
Website
	https://sports-service.mizuno.jp/facilities/yurihonjo/

Nices Arena　(ナイスアリーナ)　is a multi-use indoor arena in Yurihonjo, Akita.^[3] Groundbreaking and construction began on March 18, 2016, and opened in October 2018.^[4] The arena's parking lot can hold 1,000 cars. Yurihonjo city introduced the Daktronics high-definition LED centerhung display^[5] for the second time in the prefecture. "EXPERIENCE THE DAKTRONICS DIFFERENCE" was the very first message on this HD video set. There is no ribbon displays and "see through" shot clocks. It is named after the supermarket Nices based in Akita city. The store pays JPY3.1 million annually for the naming rights.^[6]

Facilities

Main arena (91m x 38m, 3,458 square metres)
Sub-arena (32m x 20m, 640 square metres)
Kendo area
Judo area
Training room
Fitness studio
Changing rooms
Shower room
Conference rooms

Additional seats

It is announced that the city will add 480 new seats in 2020.^[7] The budget is 100 million yen.

Attendance records

The largest crowd to ever gather at the Nices Arena was on December 7, 2019, for Badminton S/J League games, with a reported attendance of 4,100.^[8] The record for a basketball game is 3,825, set on March 3, 2019, when the Osaka Evessa defeated the Happinets 88–73.^[9]^[10]

Access

From Ugo-Honjō Station: Shinai-sen of Ugo Kotsu Bus. Get off at Nice Arena.
From Akita Station: Express Akita-Honjo sen of Ugo Kotsu Bus . Get off at Hello Work Honjo-mae.

References

^ "人口じんこう8万まん人にん弱じゃくの都市としに5000人にん収容しゅうようの「由利ゆり本荘ほんじょうナイスアリーナ」".
^ Nikkei Shimbun (14 August 2018). "秋田あきた「由利ゆり本荘ほんじょうアリーナ」18年ねん10月がつ開業かいぎょう最大さいだい5000人にん収容しゅうよう". Retrieved 15 August 2018.
^ "Yurihonjo Arena". Tokyo 2020 - pre-Games Training Camps Online Guide. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018.
^ Kensetsu Tsushin Shimbun (23 March 2016). "【由利ゆり本荘ほんじょう市し】東北とうほく屈指くっしのスケール！総合そうごう防災ぼうさい公園こうえんアリーナが起工きこう、18年ねん10月がつオープン目指めざす". Retrieved 21 October 2016.
^ ノーザンパヒネス [@northanhappines] (May 17, 2018). "@B_League_bot 秋田あきた・由利ゆり本荘ほんじょうアリーナ本日ほんじつセンタービジョン設置せっち‼️ https://t.co/qHvgf4MEqj" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved December 29, 2020 – via Twitter.
^ "スーパーが命名めいめい権けん「ナイスアリーナ」由利ゆり本荘ほんじょうの新しん施設しせつ". Archived from the original on 2019-04-06.
^ "ニュースの「つぼ」：ナイスアリーナの移動いどう観覧席かんらんせき増設ぞうせつ｜秋田あきた魁さきがけ新報しんぽう電子でんし版ばん".
^ 秋田魁新報社あきたさきがけしんぽうしゃ [@sakigake] (December 7, 2019). "ナイスアリーナ大入おおいり！４１００人にんが声援せいえん　バドＳ／Ｊじぇいリーグ #バドミントン #Ｓ／Ｊじぇいリーグ #北都銀行ほくとぎんこうバドミントン部ぶ #由利ゆり本荘ほんじょう市し #ナイスアリーナ #akita #秋田あきた https://t.co/nHgHdfZ3Ny" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved December 29, 2020 – via Twitter.
^ "秋田あきたノーザンハピネッツ | シーズンスタッツ一覧いちらん | Basketballnavi.DB".
^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: 【B1ハイライト】03/03 秋田あきた vs 大阪おおさか（18-19 B1第だい25節せつ）. YouTube.

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[1] "人口じんこう8万まん人にん弱じゃくの都市としに5000人にん収容しゅうようの「由利ゆり本荘ほんじょうナイスアリーナ」".

[2] Nikkei Shimbun (14 August 2018). "秋田あきた「由利ゆり本荘ほんじょうアリーナ」18年ねん10月がつ開業かいぎょう最大さいだい5000人にん収容しゅうよう". Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[3] "Yurihonjo Arena". Tokyo 2020 - pre-Games Training Camps Online Guide. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018.

[4] Kensetsu Tsushin Shimbun (23 March 2016). "【由利ゆり本荘ほんじょう市し】東北とうほく屈指くっしのスケール！総合そうごう防災ぼうさい公園こうえんアリーナが起工きこう、18年ねん10月がつオープン目指めざす". Retrieved 21 October 2016.

[5] ノーザンパヒネス [@northanhappines] (May 17, 2018). "@B_League_bot 秋田あきた・由利ゆり本荘ほんじょうアリーナ本日ほんじつセンタービジョン設置せっち‼️ https://t.co/qHvgf4MEqj" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved December 29, 2020 – via Twitter.

[6] "スーパーが命名めいめい権けん「ナイスアリーナ」由利ゆり本荘ほんじょうの新しん施設しせつ". Archived from the original on 2019-04-06.

[7] "ニュースの「つぼ」：ナイスアリーナの移動いどう観覧席かんらんせき増設ぞうせつ｜秋田あきた魁さきがけ新報しんぽう電子でんし版ばん".

[8] 秋田魁新報社あきたさきがけしんぽうしゃ [@sakigake] (December 7, 2019). "ナイスアリーナ大入おおいり！４１００人にんが声援せいえん　バドＳ／Ｊじぇいリーグ #バドミントン #Ｓ／Ｊじぇいリーグ #北都銀行ほくとぎんこうバドミントン部ぶ #由利ゆり本荘ほんじょう市し #ナイスアリーナ #akita #秋田あきた https://t.co/nHgHdfZ3Ny" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved December 29, 2020 – via Twitter.

[9] "秋田あきたノーザンハピネッツ | シーズンスタッツ一覧いちらん | Basketballnavi.DB".

[10] Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: 【B1ハイライト】03/03 秋田あきた vs 大阪おおさか（18-19 B1第だい25節せつ）. YouTube.

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