Ekimae Real Estate Stadium

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Ekimae Real Estate Stadium
Beasuta
Ekisuta
The Best Amenity Stadium (August 2007)
The Best Amenity Stadium (August 2007)
Earlier names

Tosu Stadium (1996-2007)
Best Amenity Stadium (2008-2019)

Data
place 812 Kyo-machi 841-0034 Tosu , Saga Prefecture , Japan
JapanJapan
Coordinates 33 ° 22 '18.1 "  N , 130 ° 31' 12.8"  E Coordinates: 33 ° 22 '18.1 "  N , 130 ° 31' 12.8"  E
owner City of Tosu
operator City of Tosu
start of building 1994
opening 1996
First game June 16, 1996
Tosu Futures - Honda FC
Renovations 2006, 2013
surface Natural grass
costs ¥ 6.7 billion ( € 53.7 million )
architect JGC Corporation
capacity 24,130 seats
playing area 125 × 78 m (total)
105 × 68 m (football)
Societies)
Events

The Ekimae Real Estate Stadium ( Japanese. 駅 前 不動産 ス タ ジ ア ム , Ekimae Fudōsan Sutajiamu ) formerly Tosu Stadium ( 鳥 栖 ス タ ジ ア ム , Tosu Sutajiamu ) is a football stadium in the Japanese city ​​of Tosu , Saga Prefecture . The facility, which was opened in 1996, is currently the venue for the Sagan Tosu football club from the J1 League and offers spectators 24,130 seats on its four steep grandstands with an incline of up to 40 ° . But it is also used for rugby games or cultural events.

history

The former Tosu Stadium was built in close proximity to Tosu train station from 1994 to 1996. The tracks run directly behind the main grandstand. On June 16, 1996, the first football match between Tosu Futures and Honda FC took place in front of 20,686 spectators . The following year, the futures were dissolved due to major financial difficulties, Sagan Tosu was founded and has been the new user of the stadium ever since. The construction costs amounted to 6.7 billion yen (53.7 million euros today ). The two longitudinal stands are roofed against the back gate. Both the grandstands and the canopies are supported by steel supports on the facade side, so there are 35 girders on the main grandstand.

The shape of the venue was adapted to the limited space available on the property. While the main tier runs the full length of the pitch, the corners of the opposite stand had to be left out because Tosu Gas Co., Ltd. is in the east. and a road runs to the south. The lower tiers of the back-door stands are equipped with standing room. The playing field made of natural grass has an irrigation system and a drainage system for drainage. In 2006 the stadium was renovated. It was u. a. a large video wall installed in the south corner . A year later, Japanese food manufacturer Best Amenity Co., Ltd. acquired the naming rights to the stadium. The contract was extended in 2010. In 2013 the venue was renovated to meet the latest requirements of the J1 League.

During the Kirin Cup 2000, the game between Slovakia and Bolivia (2-0) took place in Tosu's stadium on June 14th . The game drew 8,023 spectators to the football stadium. In preparation for the soccer World Cup 2002 there was a friendly match between Sagan Tosu and the Cameroonian national soccer team (0: 1) in front of 17,062 visitors on May 24, 2002 . In 2009 the stadium hosted six Group D games of the Rugby Junior World Cup . In the qualification for the Olympic football tournament 2012 in Tosu, the Japanese U-23 team met the U-23 of Malaysia on September 21, 2011 (2-0). On the last day of the J. League Division 2 2011 , Sagan Tosu met Roasso Kumamoto . With a 2-2 draw, the home side celebrated promotion to the J. League Division 1 in 2012 in front of 22,532 spectators . The Japanese women's national football team met the team from New Zealand (1-1) on June 20 during the Kirin Challenge Cup 2013 in Tosu .

The stadium has not yet been sold out to the last seat in its history. The highest attendance gathered on July 23 in the J. League Division 1 2014 for the game Sagan Tosu against Kawasaki Frontale . The game of the 16th matchday ended in front of 23,277 spectators with a 0-1 defeat by Sagan. On December 25, 2015, the sponsorship name contract was extended for another year from January to December 2016 for ¥ 30 million (around € 240,000). The company previously stated that it did not want to extend the contract. Until January 2019, the stadium was called Best Amenity Stadium . On February 1 of that year, Ekimae Real Estate Holdings Co., Ltd. ; a real estate company from Kurume , the new namesake of the complex. The name is Ekimae Real Estate Stadium ( Ekisuta for short ). The contract has a term of three years and the company pays 92 million yen for it.

gallery

  • In the foreground, the platforms of Tosu station , where the Kagoshima and Nagasaki main lines of the JR Kyushu cross, behind them the football stadium (August 2007)

  • The main stand (May 2011)

  • View into the stadium (May 2011)

  • Sagan Tosu fans in the south stand (December 2011)

  • The stadium photographed from Tosu station (January 2016)

Web links

Commons : Tosu Stadium  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g city.tosu.lg.jp: data on the stadium (Japanese)
  2. ↑ jleague.jp: stadium capacity (English)
  3. ↑ db1.kitera.ne.jp: Construction costs of the stadium ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Japanese) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.db1.kitera.ne.jp
  4. ↑ stadiumdb.com: Contract extension of the naming rights 2010 (Japanese)
  5. ↑ saga-s.co.jp: Stadium renovations Article from January 2013 (Japanese)
  6. ↑ rsssf.com: Kirin Cup 2000 (English)
  7. ↑ jfa.or.jp: Report of the Japan Football Association (Japanese)
  8. ↑ sagantosu.sagafan.jp: Record attendance in the Best Amenity Stadium
  9. ↑ weltfussball.de: Match report Sagan Tosu against Kawasaki Frontale
  10. ↑ city.tosu.lg.jp: Name contract extension in December 2015 Article from December 25, 2015 (Japanese)
  11. ↑ saga-s.co.jp: Agreement on naming rights extended Article of December 27, 2015 (Japanese)
  12. ^ Sagan Tosu's Stadium Gets a New Name: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium. In: fukuoka-now.com. February 8, 2019, accessed on September 22, 2019 .