The is a large multi-purpose public cultural facility in

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, Japan, which opened on 1 December 1967.

Facilities

The main concert hall seats 1,730, and the smaller hall seats 300.

History

Construction of the building started on 20 September 1966. The total construction cost was 923 million yen, and was partially funded using relief donations following the June

1964 Niigata earthquake Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...

. The building opened on 21 November 1967.

Performances

Musical artists and groups that have appeared on stage at the Niigata Prefectural Civic Center include the following. *

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december 10 1982. * A-ha, ''World tour 1986 – 1987'', 11 July 1987 * Mark Morris Dance Group, ''Japan Tour with Yo-Yo Ma'', 7 June 2002 *

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, ''Tour 05: It Withers and Withers'', 10 April 2005 * Kodo, ''One Earth Tour 2011'', 21 December 2011 * Every Little Thing, ''15th Anniversary Concert Tour 2011-2012 "Ordinary"'', 3 April 2012 * '' Blast!'', 20 July 2012 *

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, ''Concert Tour 2012'', 28 October 2012 *

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Access

The complex is located within

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, and the nearest station to the Niigata Prefectural Civic Center is Hakusan Station on the JR

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, 15 minutes' walk away. It is 15 minutes by car or bus from the main

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References

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* {{Coord, 37, 54, 48.2, N, 139, 2, 20.3, E, source:jawiki_region:JP, display=title Concert halls in Japan Buildings and structures in Niigata (city) Music venues completed in 1967 1967 establishments in Japan