Ōita Stadium
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Ōita Stadium or Big Eye (Kyushu Oil Dome for sponsorship reasons) is a stadium in the city of Ōita in Ōita Prefecture on Kyushu Island in Japan. It is primarily used for football, and is the home field of Oita Trinita. It was designed by the famous architect Kisho Kurokawa, and built by KT Group, Takenaka Corporation.
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[edit] History
Ōita Stadium opened in May 2001 and holds 43,000 people. This stadium hosted 3 games during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, including two qualifiers, Tunisia vs Belgium on June 10, Italy vs Mexico on June 13, and one Round-of-16 match, Sweden vs Senegal on June 16.
[edit] Features
Ōita Stadium has a retractable dome roof with roof system driven by a wire traction system, similar to Rogers Centre in Toronto.
Other Features of the stadium:
- Building Area: 51,830 m²
- Total Floor Area: 92,882 m²
- Covered Area: 29,000 m²
- Stand Inclination: Max. 33 degree angle
[edit] Details
- Name: Ōita Stadium ("Big Eye")
- Capacity: 43,000
- Home Team: Oita Trinita
- Completed: May 2001
- Location: Ōita city, Ōita Pref., Japan
- Building Area: 53,800 m² Total Floor Area: (Open Arena) 97,503 m²
- Roof Diameter: 245 m Stand Inclination: Max. 30 degree angle
[edit] See also
Other domed stadiums in Japan:
- Saitama Soccer Stadium in Saitama (Urawa) Prefecture
- Sapporo Dome in Hokkaido Prefecture
[edit] External links
- (English) Football Stadium in Japan - Ōita Stadium
| Venues of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan | |
| South Korea | |
| Busan | Daegu | Daejeon | Gwangju | Incheon | Jeju | Jeonju | Seoul | Suwon | Ulsan | |
| Japan | |
| Kashima | Kobe | Miyagi | Niigata | Ōita | Osaka | Saitama | Sapporo | Shizuoka | Yokohama | |
