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The Fukuoka PayPay Dome (福岡ペイペイドーム, Fukuoka Peipeidōmu) is a baseball field, located in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. Built in 1993, the stadium was originally named Fukuoka Dome (福岡ドーム, Fukuoka Dōmu) and has the capacity of 38,585 seats.[2][3] With a diameter of 216 meters, the Fukuoka PayPay Dome is the world's largest geodesic dome.[4] This is Japan's first stadium built with a retractable roof. In 2005, Yahoo! JAPAN, one of SoftBank's subsidiaries, acquired the stadium's naming rights, and thus renamed it Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome (福岡Yahoo! JAPANドーム, Fukuoka Yafū Japan Dōmu) or abbreviated as Yahoo Dome (ヤフードーム, Yafū Dōmu),[5] In January 2013, it was renamed to Fukuoka Yafuoku! Dome (福岡ヤフオク! ドーム, Fukuoka Yafuoku Dōmu).[6] Yafuoku is the abbreviation for Yahoo! Auctions in Japan. On October 30, 2019, it was announced that the stadium was going to be named Fukuoka PayPay Dome, in reference to the payment system PayPay owned by Softbank (50%) and Yahoo Japan (25%), from February 29, 2020.[7][8] It is one of the few NPB stadiums with onsite hotels.

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Fukuoka PayPay Dome

Fukuoka Dome, PayPay Dome
Former names	Fukuoka Dome (1993–2005) Fukuoka Yahoo! JAPAN Dome (2005–13) Fukuoka Yafuoku! Dome (2013–2019)
Location	2-2-2 Jigyōhama, Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
Coordinates	33°35′43″N 130°21′44″E
Public transit	Fukuoka City Subway: Kuko Line at Tojinmachi
Owner	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Marketing Corp.
Operator	Hawks Town Co.
Capacity	40,178 (baseball])[1] 47,500 (concert)
Field size	Left Field – 100 metres (328 ft) Left-Center – 118 metres (387 ft) Center Field – 122 metres (400 ft) Right-Center – 118 metres (387 ft) Right Field – 100 metres (328 ft) Outfield Fence Height: 5.84m (19.2ft)
Surface	FieldTurf 2009–present AstroTurf 1993 to 2008
Construction
Broke ground	April 1, 1991; 31 years ago (1991-04-01)
Built	Early 1993; 29 years ago (1993)
Opened	April 2, 1993; 29 years ago (1993-04-02)
Construction cost	¥76 billion
Architect	Takenaka Corporation and Maeda Corporation
General contractor	Takenaka Corporation and Maeda Corporation
Tenants
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (1993–present)

History

Fukuoka Dome is the home stadium of Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and, together with Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk Hotel, is part of the Hawks Town entertainment complex.[5] It is located near Momochi Beach, about 15 minutes walk from Tojinmachi subway station.

In 2006, the stadium received an upgrade to its mono-color main scoreboard "Hawks Vision." Sharing the same nickname as its predecessor and measured at 10 m (32.76 ft) high and 53 m (173.86 ft) wide, it was one of the largest high-definition electronic scoreboards at the time, equivalent to a 2,123-inch wide-screen display. In 2010, with further addition of two 5.7 m (120.65 ft) × 33 m (108.27 ft) displays, the stadium boasted the largest total viewing area of HD display in all baseball stadia (total area 905.2sqm or 9,743.49sqft).[2]

The Fukuoka Dome has hosted one game in each Major League Baseball Japan All-Star Series since its creation, including the final game of the 2006 series, where Japan was swept for the first time in the history of the event.[9]

In the TV series Extreme Engineering, Danny Forster makes a reference to the Fukuoka Dome, saying it was said to have a "floating" field. (An indoor baseball stadium in Japan which actually has a floating field is Sapporo Dome, which also hosts football games for Consadole Sapporo, a J. League club. However, this stadium does not have such a field.) In 2009, the older AstroTurf field was replaced with the now more common FieldTurf brand surface to reduce injuries; the Hawks players had seen far more injuries than any other team in Japan.

Notable events

NPB

On May 18, 1994, Hiromi Makihara of the Yomiuri Giants threw a perfect game against Hiroshima Toyo Carp as the Giants won 6–0. Makihara's first Perfect-game at Fukuoka Dome is of special note as it being the only one thrown there, as well as the last one in the NPB (15th overall) until Rōki Sasaki pitched a perfect game against the Orix Buffaloes on April 10th, 2022 at ZOZO Marine Stadium.

Concerts

Michael Jackson performed at the stadium four times during his solo career. The first two times, Jackson performed two sold-out concerts during his Dangerous World Tour, on September 10 & 11, 1993, for a total audience of 70,000 fans (35,000 per show). The second and last two times were in 1996, during his subsequent tour, HIStory World Tour, on December 26 and 28, also on two sold-out concerts for 80,000 people (40,000 fans per show).

Whitney Houston performed at the stadium on September 22, 1993 during The Bodyguard World Tour.

Madonna performed three times at the stadium. The shows happened on 7, 8, and 9 December 1993 during The Girlie Show World Tour.

The stadium also hosted Frank Sinatra's final public concerts on 19 and 20 December 1994.

The Rolling Stones played two concerts at the dome during their Voodoo Lounge Tour on 22 and 23 March 1995.

Bon Jovi played a concert at the dome on May 13, 1995 during their These Days Tour.

On September 18 and 19, 2000, the stadium hosted L'Arc~en~Ciel as part of their "TOUR 2000 REAL".

Mariko Shinoda held her graduation concert at the stadium on July 21st, 2013 as part of the AKB48 5 Big Dome Concert Tour, "AKB48 2013 Manatsu no Dome Tour ~Mada mada, Yaranakya Ikenai koto ga aru~ (AKB48・2013真夏のドームツアー ～まだまだ、やらなきゃいけないことがある～)" that summer.

Super Junior performed their Super Show 6 at the stadium on 20 December 2014 as part of their sixth world tour, with a sold-out crowd of 47,874 people.

Blackpink had a sold-out concert at the stadium on 22 February 2020 as part of their In Your Area Tour.

Perfume performed a show at the stadium for their First Nationwide Major Dome tour, 'P Cubed'.

Professional wrestling

From the 1990s new Japan pro wrestling has been doing their wrestling dontaku shows in the may month till wrestling dontaku 2001. In 2022 as a part of celebrating the 50th year anniversary of the promotion NJPW returned to this venue for wrestling dontaku 2022.

References

External links

• Stadium page on Softbank Hawks official website (in Japanese)

Preceded by Heiwadai Stadium	Home of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 1993 – present	Succeeded by current
Preceded by Pilot Field  USA	Universiade 1995	Succeeded by Stadio Angelo Massimino  Italy

На других языках

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[de] Fukuoka Dome

Der Fukuoka Dome, offiziell von 2005 bis 2013 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome und seit 2013 Fukuoka Yafuoku! Dome nach dem Sponsor Yahoo! Japan, ist ein Baseballstadion im Chūō-ku der japanischen Stadt Fukuoka in der gleichnamigen Präfektur. Das Stadion ist die Heimspielstätte der Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks aus einer der zwei professionellen Baseball-Ligen Japans, der Pacific League.

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- [en] Fukuoka PayPay Dome

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[fr] Fukuoka Dome

Le Fukuoka Dome (en japonais : 福岡ドーム) abrite un terrain de baseball situé à Fukuoka au Japon. Il est le quartier général de l'équipe locale, les Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.

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