Ariake Tennis Park

Ariake Tennis Park
The Ariake Coliseum after the 2020 renovation
Data
place	2-2-22, Ariake 1-chōme Kōtō , Tokyo , Japan
Coordinates	35 ° 38 '11.2 "  N , 139 ° 47' 24.2"  E Coordinates: 35 ° 38 '11.2 "  N , 139 ° 47' 24.2"  E
start of building	1985
opening	1987
Renovations	2018-2019
capacity	10,000 seats (Ariake Coliseum)
Events
Summer Olympics 2020 (tennis) Summer Paralympics 2020 (wheelchair tennis) Exhibitions

The Ariake Tennis Park ( Japanese 有 明 テ ニ ス の 森 公園 , Ariake Tenisu no Mori Kōen ) is a tennis center in the Kōtō district of the Japanese prefecture of Tokyo . It is located in the Ariake district of the same name in the south of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay . The "Shinonome Golf Course" ( 東 雲 ゴ ル フ 場 ) used to be on the grounds of the tennis center . It is the venue for the Toray Pan Pacific Open tennis competition , a WTA Tour tournament for women and the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships , a tournament of the ATP World Tour for men .

The 163,069 m² facility, which opened on May 14, 1983, comprised 48 tennis courts before the renovation in 2018, 16 of them with artificial turf and 32 hard courts, a running course and hiking trails. The main square, the Ariake Coliseum ( 有 明 コ ロ シ ア ム ), has a capacity of 10,000 people.

The tennis competitions of the Summer Olympics 2020 are to be held on this facility. For this purpose, the site was extensively rebuilt, including several indoor courts and a smaller tennis stadium with 5000 seats.

photos

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  Outdoor spaces after the renovation in 2020

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  Another tennis court was built for the Olympic Games

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  Inside the Ariake Coliseum

Web links

Commons : Ariake Tennis Park  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Tōkyō-kō futō KK ( 東京 港埠 頭 株式会社 , English Tokyo Port Terminal Corp .; operator (shitei kanrisha) of the park commissioned by the prefecture administration ): Ariake tennis no mori kōen (Japanese, English , Chinese , Korean )
• Tokyo Prefecture Administration , "Office for Financial Affairs" (zaimu-kyoku) : on the construction work on the Ariake Coliseum and in the park (Japanese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ariake Tennis Park. Tokyo Port Terminal Corporation, accessed December 20, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Venue Plan. Retrieved March 4, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Tokyo Ariake Tennis Park to be renovated for 2020 Olympics. Retrieved January 17, 2020 (American English).