NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium

NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
The Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium in Yokohama in November 2008
Earlier names
Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
Data
place	Yokohama , Kanagawa Prefecture , Japan
Coordinates	35 ° 28 '12.1 "  N , 139 ° 36' 5.5"  E Coordinates: 35 ° 28 '12.1 "  N , 139 ° 36' 5.5"  E
owner	Yokohama City
opening	1955
Renovations	1964, 1993
Extensions	1964, 1993
surface	Natural grass
capacity	15,454 seats
playing area	130 × 74 m
Societies)
YSCC Yokohama Yokohama FC Yokohama F. Marinos
Events
Olympic football tournament 1964 Junior Soccer World Cup 1979 Games of the YSCC Yokohama Games of Yokohama FC (since 1999) Games of the Yokohama Wings (until 1999) Games of the Yokohama F. Marinos (since 1993, occasionally)

The Mitsuzawa-kōen kyūgijō ( Japanese 三 ツ 沢 公園 球技 場 , "Mitsuzawa Park Ball Sports Stadium "), currently Nippatsu Mitsuzawa kyūgijō ( ニ ッ パ ツ 三 ツ 沢 球技 場 ), engl. NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium , is a football stadium in Mitsuzawa Park in the Kanagawa district of the Japanese metropolis of Yokohama , Kanagawa Prefecture . But rugby games are also played. The soccer clubs YSCC Yokohama ( J3 League ), Yokohama FC ( J2 League ) and Yokohama F. Marinos ( J1 League ) are currently based here. The Marinos use the stadium as an alternative venue. Mainly they play their games in the Nissan Stadium .

history

Mitsuzawa Park was opened in 1949 on a site that was formerly part of the Gokoku Shrine in Kanagawa Prefecture , and volleyball competitions were held here at the 4th kokumin taiiku taikai ( National Sports Festival ) held in Tokyo . For the competitions at the 10th kokumin taiiku taikai in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1955, the main competition venues were built in Mitsuzawa Park, including the ball sports stadium for rugby games. At the Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo in 1964 , the facility was a venue for the Olympic football tournament . There were five preliminary round matches and a quarter-finals in Yokohama. During the junior soccer world championship in Japan in 1979 , the preliminary round group D with six games and a quarter-finals was located in the stadium of Yokohama. The sports facility was renovated and expanded in 1964 for the Olympic football tournament and in 1993 for use in the J. League .

The venue with 15,454 seats is currently mainly used for soccer games. There are 5,580 seats in the main stand (including 20 wheelchair spaces). The three other tiers have 9,874 spaces with ten wheelchair spaces. The play area made of natural grass is 130 meters long and 74 meters wide. The floodlight system illuminates the stadium from four masts. The LED - Video wall measures 8.5 x 17 m. In 2008, the spring manufacturer Nippon Hatsujō (abbreviated Nippatsu or with the Latin letters NHK for Nippon Hatsujō Kabushikigaisha ; English NHK Spring ) acquired the naming rights for five years. In February 2013, the company extended the contract for another three years.

gallery

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  The stadium name at the entrance

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  View into the stadium

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  The grandstand for the guest fans

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  A rugby match in the stadium

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  The stadium under floodlights

Web links

Commons : NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• nippatsu-mitsuzawa.com: Stadium website (Japanese)
• f-marinos.com: Stadium on the website of Yokohama F. Marinos (English)
• europlan-online.de: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium - Yokohama

Individual evidence

1. ↑ City of Yokohama: Mitsuzawa Park (Japanese)
2. ↑ nippatsu-mitsuzawa.com: stadium capacity (Japanese)
3. ↑ nippatsu-mitsuzawa: stadium history (Japanese)