Sapporo Dome

Sapporo Dome
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The Sapporo Dome in February 2004
Data
place	Sapporo , Japan
Coordinates	43 ° 0 '54.4 "  N , 141 ° 24' 35.1"  E Coordinates: 43 ° 0 '54.4 "  N , 141 ° 24' 35.1"  E
owner	Sapporo city
operator	Sapporo Dome Co., Ltd.
opening	June 3, 2001
surface	Natural grass (soccer) Artificial grass (baseball)
costs	4.22 billion yen (about 412 million euros )
architect	Hiroshi Hara
capacity	41,484 seats (soccer) 40,476 seats (baseball) 53,738 seats (maximum)
playing area	120 m × 85 m (soccer ball) 100 m × 122 m (baseball)
Societies)
Hokkaidō Nippon Ham Fighters ( baseball , since 2004) Consadole Sapporo ( football , since 2001)
Events
Football World Cup 2002 Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 Rally Japan 2008 Rugby Union World Cup 2019 Summer Olympics 2020 (football) Concerts

The Sapporo Dome ( Japanese : 札幌 ド ー ム , Sapporo dōmu ) is a permanently roofed stadium in Sapporo , Japan . It has a football capacity of 41,484. With additional, mobile seats, the stadium holds z. B. at concerts a maximum of 53,738 visitors. As a special feature, the stadium has a removable soccer field that can be exchanged for a baseball field or used as an open space. In order to be able to drive out the soccer field, grandstands are moved, the lawn rotated and moved lengthways into the open air.

history

The stadium was built for the 2002 World Cup . Here, among other things, the German national soccer team defeated Saudi Arabia 8-0 and thus laid the foundation for the later finals. Competitions were also held in the Sapporo Dome at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 ; For the first time, part of the sprint races in cross-country skiing led through a hall. In 2008 the Rally Japan stopped at the Dome. The Sapporo Dome is a venue for the 2019 Rugby Union World Cup . The stadium is currently home to the Hokkaidō Nippon Ham Fighters in the Japanese baseball league and the Consadole Sapporo soccer team , since 2012 in the J1 League , the highest Japanese soccer league.

Games of the 2002 World Cup in Sapporo

Three group games of the tournament were located in Sapporo.

• 0June 1, 2002, Group E: Germany - Saudi Arabia 8: 0 (4: 0)  
• 03 June 2002 Group G: Italy - Ecuador 2: 0 (2: 0)  
• 0June 7, 2002, Group F: Argentina - England 0: 1 (0: 1)  

gallery

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  The facade with a viewing platform

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  The extended lawn

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  The interior with soccer field

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  The movable grandstands

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  The interior

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  The baseball field

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  Sébastien Loeb during a run of the Rally Japan 2008 in the Sapporo Dome

Web links

Commons : Sapporo Dome  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website , sapporo-dome.co.jp (English, Japanese)
• Stadium data , sapporo-dome.co.jp (Japanese)
• Plans of the Sapporo Dome , worldstadiums.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Data on the Sapporo Dome , sapporo-dome.co.jp (Japanese)
2. ↑ Animation of the retractable lawn , worldstadiums.com (English)