Osaka Stadium
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Location | Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan |
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Owner | Osaka Stadium Corporation |
Capacity | 31,379 |
Field size | Left and Right Field – 91.5 m Left and Right Center – 109.7 m Center Field – 115.8 m Backstop – 18.3 m |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 9 January 1950 |
Built | January 1950 |
Opened | 12 September 1950 |
Closed | November 1998 |
Demolished | 2000 |
Architect | Junzo Sakakura |
Tenants | |
Nankai Hawks (1950–1988) Kintetsu Pearls (1950–1957) Yosho Robbins (1953–1954) |
Osaka Stadium (Japanese:
The stadium was primarily used for baseball and was home of the Nankai Hawks until they moved to the Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka (subsequently becoming the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, and are now the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks) in 1988.[citation needed]
Madonna kicked off her Who's That Girl World Tour at the stadium with two sold-out concerts on June 14 and 15, 1987. They were her first concerts in Japan.[citation needed]
Michael Jackson concluded the first leg of his Bad World Tour at the stadium, with three consecutive sold-out shows on October 10–12, 1987.[citation needed]
Gallery
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Osaka stadium in 1985 from air, taken by MLIT.
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Osaka stadium in 1988, (Taken from the right field)
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Scoreboard and backstand from the left field in 1989.
References
[edit]- ^ Niehaus, Andreas; Tagsold, Christian, eds. (2013). Sport, Memory and Nationhood in Japan: Remembering the Glory Days. Taylor & Francis. p. 89. ISBN 9781135712167.
See also
[edit]- Defunct baseball venues in Japan
- Sports venues in Osaka
- Nankai Hawks
- Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
- Yokohama BayStars
- Demolished buildings and structures in Japan
- Sports venues completed in 1950
- Sports venues demolished in 2000
- 1950 establishments in Japan
- 2000 disestablishments in Japan
- Asian baseball venue stubs
- Japanese sports venue stubs