, also known as , is a multi-purpose gymnasium in
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...
,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, built in 1964.
Overview
![Dolphins Arena](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Dolphins_Arena.jpg)
Located on the site of the secondary enclosure of
Nagoya Castle
is a Japanese castle located in Nagoya, Japan.
Nagoya Castle was constructed by the Owari Domain in 1612 during the Edo period on the site of an earlier castle of the Oda clan in the Sengoku period. Nagoya Castle was the heart of one of the ...
, it is host to numerous concerts and events.
The gymnasium has 4,375 fixed seats, and can accommodate an additional 3,032 on the floor for certain events, giving it a total maximum capacity of 7,407.
In 1966 it won the 7th annual Building Contractors Society Award.
Professional Sumo
is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a ''rikishi'' (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring (''dohyō'') or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet (usually by thr ...
's July
Grand Sumo Tournament is held here every year from the second until the fourth Sunday in July.
It is the home arena of the
Nagoya Diamond Dolphins
The are a professional basketball team that competes in the first division of the Japanese B.League. Prior to their entry into the B.League in September 2016, the club was the corporate team of Mitsubishi Electric.
In 2020, the Diamond Dolphins ...
of the
B.League
The B.League is a professional men's basketball league that began in Japan in September 2016. The league is operated by the Japan Professional Basketball League and was formed as a result of a merger between the National Basketball League that w ...
.
Dolphins
A dolphin is an aquatic mammal within the infraorder Cetacea. Dolphin species belong to the families Delphinidae (the oceanic dolphins), Platanistidae (the Indian river dolphins), Iniidae (the New World river dolphins), Pontoporiidae (t ...
acquired its
naming rights
Naming rights are a financial transaction and form of advertising or memorialization whereby a corporation, person, or other entity purchases the right to name a facility, object, location, program, or event, typically for a defined period of t ...
(JPY 25 million, three years) in 2018.
File:Sumo, Nagoya - 22.jpg, Grand Sumo Nagoya Tournament
File:Dolphins Arena02.jpg, Nagoya Diamond Dolphins
The are a professional basketball team that competes in the first division of the Japanese B.League. Prior to their entry into the B.League in September 2016, the club was the corporate team of Mitsubishi Electric.
In 2020, the Diamond Dolphins ...
References
External links
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasiumofficial site, in Japanese
Basketball venues in Japan
Indoor arenas in Japan
Sumo venues in Japan
Boxing venues in Japan
Music venues in Japan
Nagoya Diamond Dolphins
Naka-ku, Nagoya
Sports venues in Nagoya
Nagoya Castle
Sports venues completed in 1964
1964 establishments in Japan
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