Tokyo Stadium (baseball)

was a

baseball stadium A ballpark, or baseball park, is a type of sports venue where baseball is played. The playing field is divided into the infield, an area whose dimensions are rigidly defined, and the outfield, where dimensions can vary widely from place to pla ...

Arakawa, Tokyo is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The ward takes its name from the river, the Arakawa, though the Arakawa River does not run through or touch the ward. Its neighbors are the wards of Adachi, Kita, Bunkyo, Taito and Sumi ...

, Japan. It was the home of the

Lotte Orions The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd. History The Marines franchise began in 1950 as the Mainichi Orions, an inaugural ...

until they moved to

Miyagi Baseball Stadium , officially Miyagi Baseball Stadium, is a baseball stadium located in Miyaginohara Sports Park in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The 30,508-seat ballpark is owned by the prefecture and operated by Rakuten, which has used it as the home field f ...

in Sendai in 1972. The stadium was opened in 1962 and had a capacity of 35,000 people. Defunct baseball venues in Japan Sports venues in Tokyo Chiba Lotte Marines Arakawa, Tokyo Sports venues completed in 1962 Sports venues demolished in 1977 1962 establishments in Japan 1977 disestablishments in Japan Demolished buildings and structures in Japan {{Japan-baseball-venue-stub