Todoroki Athletics Stadium

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Todoroki Athletics Stadium
The Todoroki Athletics Stadium (2006)
The Todoroki Athletics Stadium (2006)
Data
place 1-1 Todoroki Nakahara-ku , 211-0052 Kawasaki , Kanagawa , Japan
JapanJapan
Coordinates 35 ° 35 '9.2 "  N , 139 ° 39' 9.8"  E Coordinates: 35 ° 35 '9.2 "  N , 139 ° 39' 9.8"  E
owner Kawasaki city
start of building 1964
opening 1966
Renovations 1986, 1994, 1995, 2012, 2015
surface Natural grass
capacity 26,232 seats
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Events

The Todoroki Athletics Stadium (" Todoroki Athletics Stadium "; Japanese 等 々 力 陸上 競技場 , Todoroki Rikujō Kyōgi-jō ) is a football stadium with an athletics facility in the Japanese city ​​of Kawasaki , Kanagawa Prefecture , on the main island of Honshū . The venue is located in the Nakahara-ku district and is the sporting home of the Kawasaki Frontale football club , which currently plays in the country's highest league, the J1 League . It currently offers 26,232 seats in its ranks.

The stadium is located in the Todoroki Ryokuchi Park , near the Tama River . The sports complex includes a. the multi-purpose hall Todoroki Arena , the Todoroki Baseball Stadium , soccer and tennis courts, a swimming pool and the Kawasaki City Museum. Before the Consadole Sapporo football club moved from Kawasaki to Sapporo , the team played as Toshiba SC at the Todoroki Athletics Stadium. In the 1990s, the Verdy Kawasaki soccer team also used the sports facility. It was relocated to Tokyo in 2001 and is called Tokyo Verdy .

The opening game and the final of the 2007 American Football World Cup were played in the stadium in Kawasaki . The Japanese won the opening game 48-0 against France. In the final, the hosts were defeated by the US team just under 20:23 in the second overtime. The following year, the facility hosted the Japanese athletics championships in 2008. Since 2011, the Golden Grand Prix athletics meeting , which is part of the IAAF World Challenge , has been held.

In 2015 the stadium received a new main stand.

gallery

  • Game between Kawasaki Frontale and Gamba Osaka on November 23, 2008

  • The stadium in February 2015 with the main stand under construction

  • View of the new main rank (March 2015)

  • The back straight and a back gate (March 2015)

Web links

Commons : Todoroki Athletics Stadium  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ frontale.co.jp: Stadium capacity article from January 19, 2015 (Japanese)
  2. ↑ wc2007.info: Match report Japan - France (English)
  3. ↑ wc2007.info: Match report Japan - USA (English)