Nagai Stadium (大阪市 長居陸上競技場, Ōsaka-shi Nagai Rikujō Kyōgijō) is a stadium in Osaka, Japan. It is the home ground of J. League club Cerezo Osaka. The stadium has a seating capacity of 47,000. The rugby union club NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka use the venue for most of their home games.

Nagai Stadium
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Former namesOsaka Nagai Stadium (1964–2014)
LocationNagai Park, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan
Coordinates34°36′50.83″N 135°31′6.42″E / 34.6141194°N 135.5184500°E / 34.6141194; 135.5184500
Public transitWest Japan Railway CompanyJR West:
  R  Hanwa Line at Nagai
Osaka Metro:
Midosuji Line at Nagai
OwnerOsaka City
OperatorWaku Waku Park Project Team [1]
Capacity47,816
Field size105 x 68 m
SurfaceGrass (107 m x 71 m)
ScoreboardYes
Construction
Opened1964 (1964)
Renovated2007
Expanded1996
Tenants
Cerezo Osaka (1996–present)
Website
About Nagai Stadium (in Japanese)

History

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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.

Date Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round
12 June 2002   Nigeria 0–0   England Group F
14 June 2002   Tunisia 0–2   Japan Group H
22 June 2002   Senegal 0–1 (asdet)   Turkey Quarter-finals

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.[2]

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

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Rail transit

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Osaka City Bus

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Jain, Chelsi. "Osaka Nagai Park Management Project Launched to Enhance Appeal through Food, Sports, Art, and Learning". Yanmar.
  2. ^ Nakamura, Ken (2001-05-25). Day One of the East Asian Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-28.
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Preceded by East Asian Games Football tournament
Final Venue

2001
Succeeded by
Preceded by East Asian Games Athletics competitions
Main Venue

2001
Succeeded by
Preceded by Site of the
Koshien Bowl

2007, 2008
Succeeded by
Koshien Stadium