Yokohama Stadium

For athletic (track & field) and football (soccer) stadium, which official name is "International Stadium Yokohama", see Nissan Stadium (Yokohama).

Yokohama Stadium

横浜スタジアム
Yokohama Stadium in 2020
Former names	Lou Gehrig Stadium
Address	Yokohama Park, Naka-ku
Location	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Coordinates	35°26′36.34″N 139°38′24.36″E
Public transit	Yokohama Municipal Subway: Blue Line at Kannai Yokohama Minatomirai Railway: Minatomirai Line at Nihon-ōdōri
Owner	Yokohama City
Operator	Yokohama Stadium, Ltd.
Capacity	20,000 (Football) 34,046 (Baseball)
Field size	Left/right field – 94 m (308.4 ft) Left/right-center – 111.4 m (366 ft) Center Field – 118 m (387.1 ft) Height of Outfield Fence – 5 m (16.4 ft)
Surface	FieldTurf (since 2003)
Construction
Broke ground	April 1977
Opened	April 4, 1978
Renovated	March 2007
Construction cost	4,800,000,000 yen
Tenants
Yokohama DeNA BayStars (NPB) (1978–present) Japan Bowl (1980–91)

Yokohama Stadium (横浜スタジアム, Yokohama Sutajiamu) is a baseball stadium in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It opened in 1978 and has a capacity of 34,046 people.

It is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. The stadium features dirt around the bases and pitcher's mound, but with dirt colored turf infield and base paths. The entire green portion of the field is also turfed.

It hosted an Australian rules football match and drew the second largest crowd for such an event outside of Australia.^[1]

Concerts

Santana and Masayoshi Takanaka performed at the stadium on August 2, 1981.

Anzen Chitai performed at the stadium on August 31, 1985. The live performance titled "One Night Theater 1985" was recorded and released on VHS on December 21, 1985, and on LaserDisc and Video High Density on January 25, 1986. The performance was released on CD and DVD on August 19, 1998.

Prince performed his final shows with his backing band, The Revolution, at the stadium during his 1986 Parade Tour. The final show is known for the moment when Prince, uncharacteristically, destroys 2 guitars, including the original "cloud" guitar made for the film Purple Rain, during a final encore of "Purple Rain".^[2]

Michael Jackson performed at the stadium during his Bad World Tour in five sold-out concerts, more than any other artist in Yokohama, for a total audience of 240,000 fans (about 48,000 people per concert) on September 25, 26, and 27, 1987 and October 3–4, 1987 and the September 26 Concert was recorded and released as a bootleg VHS titled Michael Jackson Live in Japan, and is also available on YouTube in its Entirety.^[3]

Tina Turner played 4 concerts for the first time at the stadium in March 1988 during Break Every Rule Tour.

Madonna performed, on three consecutive nights, during her Blond Ambition World Tour on April 25–27, 1990. The final date was recorded and released on July 25, 1990, as a VHS and Laserdisc exclusively in Japan, titled Blond Ambition – Japan Tour 90.

Bon Jovi played 3 sold-out concerts here on their These Days tour in May 1996. The second date was broadcast on Wowow.

Luna Sea performed a Christmas concert here on December 23 as the final performance of their 1996 tour. There they announced a yearlong hiatus for the members to perform solo activities.^[4] The concert was later released as the Mafuyu no Yagai DVD in 2003.

Nana Mizuki performed a concert here on August 3 as the final performance of her 2014 domestic tour, which drew a crowd of about 32,000 fans, making it the biggest local artist event ever held here.

In September 2014, ONE OK ROCK held a 2-day concert in front of a crowd of 60,000 people called "Mighty Long Fall Live at Yokohama Stadium 2014".

In March 2016, AKB48 held a 2-day concert in 3 shows for commemorate Minami Takahashi graduation.^[5][6][7][8] In 2019, AKB48 held spring concert on April 27^[9][10] and followed by Rino Sashihara graduation concert from HKT48 on April 28.^{[11][12][13][14][15]}

In April 2023, Hinatazaka46 held 2-days concert for commemorate their 4th anniversary as Hinatazaka46 called "4-kaime no Hinatansai" (4回目のひな誕祭).^{[16][17][18][19][20]}

Sports

Yokohama Stadium served as the baseball and softball venue at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Ever since moving to Yokohama in 1978 from Tokyo, the Yokohama DeNA BayStars have called Yokohama Stadium home.

Gallery

• Game night at the stadium, 2023
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  Smaller stadium scoreboard
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  Main stadium scoreboard
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  Fans releasing balloons during the 7th inning stretch
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  Exterior of Yokohama Stadium (June 2020)

References

1. "AFL Community: Japan". www.aflcommunityclub.com.au. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
2. Draper, Jason (2008), Prince: Life & Times, Jawbone Press
3. Michael Jackson Bad Tour Yokohama 1987 [Dolby Digital 5.1] Full Concert, 27 November 2020, retrieved 16 November 2021
4. "Top 100 Japanese pops Artists – No.90". hmv.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 January 2014.
5. "AKB48高橋みなみ、卒業コンサートは春の浜スタで". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). 1 January 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
6. "AKB48『高橋みなみ卒業コンサート・開催場所のお知らせ』". AKB48 Official Blog 〜1830ｍから～ Powered by Ameba (in Japanese). 31 December 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
7. "たかみな、AKB人生10年「悔いは全くない」". ORICON NEWS. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
8. "たかみな、結婚は30歳までに「すてきな殿方を」【一問一答】". ORICON NEWS. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
9. "AKB48グループ、横浜スタジアムで新イベント「春のLIVEフェス」開催". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). 15 March 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
10. "元AKB48・西野未姫、こじまこ卒業セレモニーに登場 "三銃士"復活にファン沸く". ORICON NEWS. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
11. "【ライブレポート】HKT48宮脇咲良＆矢吹奈子送り出した8年目幕開けライブ、指原莉乃の卒業発表で大粒の涙（写真16枚）". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). 16 December 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
12. INC, SANKEI DIGITAL (28 April 2019). "指原莉乃、卒コンでＨＫＴの新公演を全曲書き下ろしでプロデュース". サンスポ (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 June 2023.
13. "指原莉乃が売り込み 村重杏奈の事務所移籍を発表 - ＡＫＢ４８ : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 June 2023.
14. "指原莉乃、3万人の「莉乃ちゃん」コールで涙の卒業 豪華ゲスト・HKT48愛…胸熱ポイント振り返る＜指原莉乃卒業コンサート／セットリスト＞ - モデルプレス". モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース (in Japanese). 28 April 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
15. "松本人志、指原卒コン登場 内田裕也さんになりきってデュエット ハマスタ大歓声". ORICON NEWS. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
16. "4月1日(土),2日(日) 横浜スタジアムにて「4回目のひな誕祭」の開催が決定！". 日向坂46公式サイト. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
17. "日向坂46、メンバー32名による『ひな誕祭』日替わりライブカウントダウン動画が17日連続で公開". THE FIRST TIMES (in Japanese). 17 March 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
18. "日向坂46、4周年記念公演で計7万4千人動員 "声出し解禁"＆初の野外スタジアムにメンバー感動＜4回目のひな誕祭／セットリスト＞ - モデルプレス". モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース (in Japanese). 3 April 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
19. "日向坂46、初の横浜スタジアム2daysで7万4000人動員。新曲「One choice」を初披露". THE FIRST TIMES (in Japanese). 3 April 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
20. "日向坂４６横浜スタジアム公演 前ＤｅＮＡ監督・ラミレス氏と山口陽世が〝始球式＆ゲッツ〟共演". 東スポWEB (in Japanese). 3 April 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Geographic data related to Yokohama Stadium at OpenStreetMap