Kyocera Dome Osaka

Kyocera Dome Osaka
京セラドーム大阪
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Osaka Dome
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Full nameOsaka Dome
LocationChiyozaki, Nishi-ku, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Coordinates34°40′9.48″N 135°28′33.97″E / 34.6693000°N 135.4761028°E / 34.6693000; 135.4761028
Public transit Dome-mae Chiyozaki
Dome-mae
West Japan Railway Company O  Taishō
Kujō
OwnerOsaka City Dome Co., Ltd. (Orix Group)
Capacity55,000 (events)[1]
36,627 (baseball)[1]
Field sizeLeft: 100.0 m
Left-Center: 116.0 m
Center: 122.0 m
Right-Center: 116.0 m
Right: 100.0 m
Construction
OpenedMarch 1, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-03-01)
ArchitectNikken Sekkei, Ltd.
Tenants
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (Pacific League/NPB) (1997–2004)
Orix Buffaloes (Pacific League/NPB) (2005, 2007–present)
Hanshin Tigers Secondary Home (Central League/NPB)
Osaka Gold Villicanes (KIBL) (2009)

The Kyocera Dome Osaka (京セラドーム大阪, Kyōsera Dōmu Ōsaka) (official name: Osaka Dome (大阪ドーム, Ōsaka Dōmu)) is a baseball stadium located in Osaka, Osaka, Japan. Opened in 1997, the stadium was the home field of the Osaka 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 Osaka 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.[2]

The Dome hosted the Pride Total Elimination 2005 and Pride Total Elimination Absolute mixed martial arts fights.

  1. ^ a b "Kyocera Dome - Dome Use". Kyocera Dome (in Japanese). Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  2. ^ "Introduction to THE MUSEUM OF HANSHIN KOSHIEN STADIUM |THE MUSEUM OF HANSHIN KOSHIEN STADIUM". koshien-rekishikan.hanshin.co.jp. Retrieved 2019-04-09.