is a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...

Mito Mito may refer to: Places *Mito, Ibaraki, capital city of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan *Mito, Aichi, a Japanese town *Mito, Shimane, a Japanese town * Mitō, Yamaguchi, a Japanese town * Mito District, a district in the province of Concepción, Per ...

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 ...

. It is currently used mostly for

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

matches. It serves as the main home ground of

Mito HollyHock is a Japanese professional football (soccer) club, currently playing in the J2 League. The team's hometown is located in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture. Its nickname "HollyHock" derives from the family crest of the Tokugawa clan who governed from Mit ...

, and is its home ground since 2009. The stadium holds 12,000 people and was rebuilt in 2009. It was formerly known as Mito Stadium. Since August 2009 it has been called K's denki Stadium Mito for the

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 ...

. It was heavily damaged by the major earthquake hitting Eastern Japan in 2011, making more than half the stadium unusable for months afterward.

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J. League stadium guide
Football venues in Japan Athletics (track and field) venues in Japan Multi-purpose stadiums in Japan Rugby union stadiums in Japan Mito HollyHock Sports venues in Ibaraki Prefecture Mito, Ibaraki Sports venues completed in 1987 1987 establishments in Japan {{Japan-sports-venue-stub