, a.k.a. the for sponsorship reasons, is a stadium in Osaka, Japan. It is the home ground of J. League club Cerezo Osaka. The stadium has a seating capacity of 47,853. The rugby union club NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka use the venue for most of their home games.
History When Nagai Stadium initially opened in 1964, its capacity was 23,000, and its opening event was a football match during the 1964 Summer Olympics. The stadium's seating capacity was expanded to 50,000 in 1996 for the 52nd National Sports Festival of Japan in 1997.
The stadium hosted three matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
DateTeam #1Res.Team #2RoundAttendance12 June 2002 0–0Group F44,86414 June 20020–2Group H45,21322 June 20020–1 (asdet)Quarter-finals44,233
Nagai Stadium has been used many times for athletic competitions; it played host to the Athletics at the 2001 East Asian Games and the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. It is also the venue for the annual Osaka Grand Prix athletics meeting which took place every May from 1996 to 2010, and again since 2018. In addition, the stadium is the starting and finishing point for the Osaka International Ladies Marathon, held annually in late January-early February.Nakamura, Ken (2001-05-25). Day One of the East Asian Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-28.
Other than sports event, this venue also used as concert venue. In 2018 Nogizaka46 held a two days concert for their Summer Tour. K-Pop girl group TWICE played at the stadium on May 13th and 14th 2023 as part of their Ready to Be World Tour, and will return to play encore dates on July 13th and 14th 2024.
Access Rail transit It takes 3 minutes on foot from Tsurugaoka Station on JR-West Hanwa Line. It takes 5 minutes on foot from Nagai Station on JR-West Hanwa Line and Osaka Municipal Subway Midōsuji Line. It takes 20 minutes on foot from Harinakano Station on Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line.
Osaka City Bus Subway Nagai Route 4: Subway Suminoekoen – Subway Nagai – Deto Bus Terminal Route 24: Sumiyoshi Shako-mae – Subway Nagai – Minami-Nagai Route 40: Sumiyoshi Shako-mae – Subway Nagai – Deto Bus Terminal
Nagaikoen-kitaguchi Route 54A: Sumiyoshi Shako-mae → Subway Abiko → Takaai Danchi-mae → Nagaikoen-kitaguchi → Subway Nishitanabe → Furitsu Sogo-iryo-center (General Medical Center) → Sumiyoshi Shako-mae Route 54B: Sumiyoshi Shako-mae → Furitsu Sogo-iryo-center (General Medical Center) → Subway Nishitanabe → Nagaikoen-kitaguchi → Takaai Danchi-mae → Subway Abiko → Sumiyoshi Shako-mae
See also Nagai Aid Stadium Nagai Ball Gall Field
References
FIFA.com 1964 Summer Olympics JPN-YUG results from the stadium. - accessed 14 August 2010.
External links
Official site