Hokkaidōritsu Sōgō Taiiku Center

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Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center
KITAYELL (1) .jpg
Entrance to the building in 2007.
Data
place Toyohira, Toyohira-ku , Sapporo , Hokkaidō ,JapanJapan
Coordinates 43 ° 2 '39 "  N , 141 ° 22' 36"  E Coordinates: 43 ° 2 '39 "  N , 141 ° 22' 36"  E
owner Hokkaidō
start of building 1996
opening 1999
capacity 10,000 places (maximum)
Societies)
  • Levanga Hokkaido (since 2007)
  • Espolada Hokkaido (since 2009)
Events
  • Sports competitions
  • Concert events

The Hokkaidōritsu Sōgō Taiiku Center ( Japanese 北海道 立 総 合 体育 セ ン タ ー , ~ Sentā , "General Prefectural Sports Center Hokkaidō", English Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center ) is a multi-purpose hall in Sapporo , the prefecture capital of Hokkaidō .

History and use

The hall, also known as Hokkai Kitayell ( 北海 き た え ー る , Hokkai Kitaēru ) after the name rights were sold to the educational institution Hokkai Gakuen, was built from 1996 to 1999 and is mainly used for sporting events. Competitions in the disciplines of basketball , athletics , futsal and fitness are held here. In 2006 the building with a capacity of 8,000 (sports) to a maximum of 10,000 seats (concerts) was used for preliminary round matches of the basketball world championship . The sports teams Levanga Hokkaido (basketball) and Espolada Hokkaido (futsal) have been using the sports facility as their home venue since 2007 and 2009.

In 2011, Eric Clapton performed here as part of his Clapton World Tour .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Administration of the Hokkaidō (Hokkai-dōchō) , General Department (sōmu-ka) of the Authority for General Affairs (sōmu-bu) and Culture and Sports Department (bunka-sports-ka) of the Authority for Environment and Life (kankyō-seikatsu- bu) : 道 立 総 合 体育 セ ン タ ー に お け る ネ ー ミ ン グ ラ イ ツ 契約 を 再 更新 し ま し た。 (dōritsu sōgō taiiku sentā ni okerashu nēmingu raitsu sa). ( Memento of the original from August 26, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp