, a.k.a. “Osaka Expo '70 Stadium", is an athletics stadium located in the Expo Commemoration Park, the site of

Expo '70 The or Expo '70 was a world's fair held in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, between 15 March and 13 September 1970. Its theme was "Progress and Harmony for Mankind." In Japanese, Expo '70 is often referred to as . It was the first world's fair ...

, in the city of

Suita is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 381,238 in 182,636 households, and a population density of 11,000 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . It is a suburban city of Osaka City and a p ...

Osaka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nara ...

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. It has a capacity of around about 21,000. The stadium was the home ground of J.League club

Gamba Osaka is a Japanese professional association football, football club based in Suita, Osaka Prefecture. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. The club's home stadium is Panasonic Stadium Suita. They form a ...

between 1993 and 2015 before the club moved to

Suita City Football Stadium , currently known as for sponsorship reasons. is a stadium located in the city of Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has a capacity of 40,000. The stadium is home of the J1 League football club Gamba Osaka since 2016 and replaced Expo '70 Com ...

. It remains in use as a local athletics venue, rugby and as a home venue for Gamba Osaka's Under-23 team in the

J3 League or simply J3 is the third division of . It was established in 2013 as the third-tier professional association football league in Japan under the organization of J.League. The league is known as the for sponsorship reasons. The third-tier nation ...

Access

The stadium can be reached via an approximately one-minute walk from Koen-higashiguchi Station on the Osaka Monorail Saito Line.

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Stadium images
{{japan-stadium-stub Expo '70 Suita Sports venues in Osaka Prefecture Football venues in Japan Gamba Osaka Athletics (track and field) venues in Japan Sports venues completed in 1972 1972 establishments in Japan