Makomanai Stadium

Makomanai Sekisui Home Stadium
Makomanai Stadium in Sapporo
Data
place	3-1 Makomanai-kōen Minami-ku , Sapporo , Japan
Coordinates	42 ° 59 '46 "  N , 141 ° 20' 34"  E Coordinates: 42 ° 59 '46 "  N , 141 ° 20' 34"  E
owner	Hokkaido Prefecture
start of building	March 1969
opening	December 1970
surface	Concrete , lawn , ice surface
costs	¥ 1.342 billion
architect	Maekawa Kunio
capacity	17,324 seats

The Makomanai Stadium ( Japanese 真 駒 内 屋外 競技場 , Makomanai Okugai Kyōgijō ) is a multi-purpose stadium in the Japanese city ​​of Sapporo . It stands in the Makomanai district (in the Minami-ku district ) and was built for the speed skating competitions of the 1972 Winter Olympics . Originally designed for a capacity of 50,000 spectators, the stadium can now accommodate 17,324 people. Since the acquisition of the naming rights by the real estate company Sekisui Heim in 2007, the official name has been Makomanai Sekisui Heim Stadium ( 真 駒 内 セ キ ス イ ハ イ ム ス タ ジ ア ム , Makomanai Sekisui Haimu Sutajiamu ).

description

The stadium, designed by Maekawa Kunio , is located in the center of Makomanai Park between the Toyohira and Makomanai rivers , about 300 meters from the Makomanai Indoor Stadium . It was created within a large oval-shaped pit, so that the ice rink and the lower part of the spectator stands are below ground level. With the exception of the north stand, the outer walls are covered with grass slopes. In this way, the stadium blends in well with the park and is barely visible from the outside. The speed skating track consists of two tracks of 440 m length and a total width of 16 m. The length of the straight is 111.945 m, the radius of the main runway 25 m. 70,000 cooling tubes are laid under the floor at a distance of 10 cm.

In the winter season, the stadium is used for ice skating and also occasionally as a venue for speed skating competitions. During the rest of the year, there are either eight tennis courts or two futsal fields available , as required . There are also five conference rooms in the northern grandstand building. Events held here include open-air concerts and the Makomanai fireworks festival.

history

Construction work began in March 1969 and was completed in January 1972 (although the facility could already be used from December 1970). During the 1972 Winter Olympics , the opening ceremony and speed skating competitions took place here. At that time there was space for 48,000 spectators, later the capacity was reduced to 17,324 seats by removing temporary stands. As a result, the stadium was the venue for various sporting events, including the Winter Asian Games in 1986 and 1990, the Winter Universiade in 1991 and, from 1997 to 2011, the international snowboard competition Toyota Big Air .

In 2001 ownership of the Makomanai Stadium passed from the state to Hokkaidō Prefecture . The real estate company Seikusui Heim acquired the naming rights on April 1, 2007 and renamed the stadium Makomanai Sekisui Heim Stadium . As requested by the Japanese Olympic Committee , the Olympic rings on the facade were then removed.

Web links

Commons : Makomanai Stadium  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• Official Website (Japanese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Official report. (PDF, 43.3 MB) Organizing Committee of the XI. Olympic Winter Games 1972, 1973, pp. 253–255 , accessed on September 19, 2018 (English / French). 
2. ↑ 施 設 ガ イ ド. Makomanai Stadium Official Website, accessed September 19, 2018 (Japanese). 
3. ↑ Makomanai Hanabi. Retrieved September 19, 2018 (Japanese). 
4. ↑ 「TOYOTA BIG AIR 終了 の お 知 ら せ」 公式 発 表！ 「白 い 恋人 PARK AIR」 は 継 続 開 催. snowker.com, September 30, 2014, accessed September 19, 2018 (Japanese). 
5. ↑ 真 駒 内 ア イ ス ア リ ー ナ, 10 年度 に つ り 天井 を 耐震 改修. In: Hokkaidō Kensetsu Shimbun, January 9, 2010.
6. ↑ 異 風景 編 五 輪 マ ー ク. In: Asahi Shimbun , February 6, 2015.