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| Yokohama Stadium | |
|---|---|
 Yokohama Stadium in 2022 | |
| Location | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Opened | 1876 (cricket) 1929 (baseball) |
| Renovated | 1977, 2007, 2019-2020 |
| Owner | Yokohama City |
| Operator | Yokohama Stadium, Ltd. |
| Surface | FieldTurf (since 2003) |
| Construction cost | ¥4.8 billion |
| Former names | Lou Gehrig Stadium |
| Tenants | |
| Yokohama DeNA BayStars (NPB) (1978–present) | |
| Capacity | |
| 15,000 (1929) 27,000 (1977) 34,046 (2020) | |
| Dimensions | |
| Left/right field – 94 m (308.4 ft) Left/right-center – 111.4 m (366 ft) Center Field – 118 m (387.1 ft) Height of Outfield Fence – 5 m (16.4 ft) | |
Yokohama Stadium (横浜スタジアム Yokohama Sutajiamu?) is a baseball stadium in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan. The site was originally used in 1876 for cricket competitions. The stadium was built for baseball in 1929, with a capacity of 15,000. With the arrival of the BayStars in 1977, the stadium was rebuilt and enlarged to 27,000, and a series of upgrades in the late 2010s, partly for the 2020 Olympics, raised the capacity to over 34,000.
It is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. The stadium features dirt around the bases and pitcher's mound, but with dirt colored turf infield and base paths. The entire green portion of the field is also turfed.
It hosted an Australian rules football match and drew the second largest crowd for such an event outside of Australia.[1]
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Yokohama Stadium served as the baseball and softball venue at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Ever since moving to Yokohama in 1978 from Tokyo, the Yokohama DeNA BayStars have called Yokohama Stadium home.
References[]
- ↑ AFL Community: Japan (en).