is a

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in the city of Ōita in

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. The stadium will be called from 1 January 2023 as an abbreviated form, by

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. It was formerly called as , due to sponsoring of Kyushu Oil Co. until early 2010, , due to sponsoring of Oita Bank until early 2019, and more recently as , due to sponsoring with

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, which later changed its name to Resonac. It is primarily used for football, and is the home field of

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club

Oita Trinita is a Japanese football club currently playing in J2 League, having been relegated after the 2021 season after a three-year stint in J1 League. The club's home town is Ōita, Ōita, Ōita city, but the club draws support from Beppu, Ōita, Beppu, ...

. It was designed by the famous architect

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, and built by KT Group, Takenaka Corporation.

History

Oita Stadium opened in May 2001 and originally had a capacity of 43,000. But after

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ended, 3,000 movable seats on the track were removed, so its current capacity is 40,000 .

Major sports matches

2002 FIFA World Cup

2019 Rugby World Cup

Features

Ōita Stadium has a retractable

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roof with roof system driven by a wire traction system. 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

References

External links

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