The Nagoya Dome (ナゴヤドーム), known as Vantelin Dome Nagoya (バンテリンドーム ナゴヤ)[2] for sponsoring reasons, is a baseball field, constructed in 1997, located in the city of Nagoya, Japan. The dome has the capacity to seat up to 40,500 for sports and 49,000 for concerts. It is an example of a geodesic dome.

Vantelin Dome Nagoya

Location	Nagoya, Japan
Public transit	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Meijō Line at Nagoya Dome-mae Yada
Owner	Nagoya Dome Co. (The Chunichi Shimbun Co.)
Capacity	40,500[1]
Field size	Left Field – 100 m (328.1 ft) Center Field – 122 m (400.3 ft) Right Field – 100 m (328.1 ft) Height of Outfield Fence – 4.8 m (15.7 ft)
Surface	Artificial turf
Opened	March 15, 1997
Tenants
Chunichi Dragons (Central League) (1997–Present)

It has served as HQ for the Chunichi Dragons baseball team, since its opening. It has also served baseball teams Orix BlueWave and Kintetsu Buffaloes, sometimes during the year.

Official theme song for The Nagoya Dome, "Here For You", was written by local FM radio disk jockey, James Havens, and also released on CD by Victor Entertainment.

Shopping center

• ÆON MALL NAGOYADOMEMAE DragonsShop

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  ÆON MALL NAGOYADOMEMAE
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  Chunichi Dragons
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Access

• Nagoya Municipal Subway Meijō Line, Nagoya GuideWay-Bus Yutorito Line
  • Nagoya Dome-mae Yada Station
• Meitetsu Seto Line
  • Yada Station
• Central Japan Railway Company Chūō Main Line, Meitetsu Seto Line, Nagoya Municipal Subway Meijō Line, Nagoya GuideWay-Bus Yutorito Line
  • Ōzone Station

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  Nagoya Dome-mae Yada Station
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  Yada Station
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  Ōzone Station

See also

• Diagrid
• Thin-shell structure
• List of thin shell structures

References

Sources

• Takenaka Corporation web page on the construction of the Nagoya Dome

External links

• Nagoya Dome website

Media related to Nagoya Dome at Wikimedia Commons

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