is a multi-use stadium in north-west area of

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and

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. The stadium holds 20,000 people and was built from 1995, and served from 1999. It's defined as one of home ground of

Kashiwa Reysol is a Japanese professional football club based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadiu ...

( J.League club), but most of Reysol supporters reject using this stadium, because of worse condition than

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, in points of accessibility (see the table below) and watching games from back-end and side stands. And, J.League match (except cup tournaments) hasn't been held in this stadium since 2009 season. On November 18, 2007 it was used for a

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rugby game between

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and

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. *Access from Kashiwa Station by public transports

References

External links

J. League stadium guide

Kashiwa Reysol stadium guide
Football venues in Japan Rugby union stadiums in Japan Kashiwa Reysol Sports venues in Chiba Prefecture Kashiwa Sports venues completed in 1999 1999 establishments in Japan {{Japan-sports-venue-stub