Tokyo Dome

Tokyo Dome
東京ドーム
The Big Egg, Tokyo Big Egg
Location	3, Koraku 1-chome, Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
Owner	Tokyo Dome Corporation; (Mitsui Fudosan (80%) and The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings (20%))
Capacity	42,000–55,000 (events)
Field size	Facility Capacity Area Site: 112,456 m2 (27.788 acres); Building: 46,755 m2 (503,270 sq ft); Internal height: 56 m (184 ft) Field: 13,000 m2 (140,000 sq ft); Left/right field – 100 m (330 ft); Left/right-center – 110 m (360 ft); Center field – 122 m (400 ft) ; Capacity: 1,240,000 m3 (43.8 million cubic feet)
Surface	AstroTurf (1988–2002); FieldTurf (2003–present)
Construction
Opened	March 17, 1988
Architect	Nikken Sekkei, Takenaka Corporation
Builder	Takenaka Corporation
Structural engineer	Nikken Sekkei, Geiger Engineers
Tenants
	Yomiuri Giants (NPB) (1988–present); Nippon-Ham Fighters (NPB) (1988–2003)

Tokyo Dome (東京ドーム, Tōkyō Dōmu) is an indoor baseball stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. It is sometimes given the nickname "The Big Egg" because of its dome shape.^[1] The stadium started being built on May 16, 1985. It opened on March 17, 1988. It has 42,000 seats. It can hold up to 57,000 people for the events when not everyone has to sit in the built-in seats.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Concerts

The Tokyo Dome does not only have baseball games. One of the many events it can host are concerts. The first band to do a concert there was The Alfee on March 19 and 20, 1988. The first non-Japanese act to perform at the stadium was Mick Jagger on March 22, 1988.^[5]

Professional wrestling

The Tokyo Dome is where New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) holds their Wrestle Kingdom event. It is held on January 4 and is their biggest event of the year.^[6]

References

↑ Haberman, Clyde; Times, Special To the New York (1988-03-23). "Amid Some Doubts, a Tokyo Dome". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2023-08-11. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
↑ 東京ドームの歴史(～2005年) (in Japanese). Tokyo Dome Corporation. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021.
↑ "Guides app - Lonely Planet's newest app". Touristeye.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
↑ "Tokyo Dome". PURORESU.wiki. 1988-03-17. Archived from the original on 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
↑ 東京ドーム公演アーティスト一覧 (in Japanese). Tokyo Dome Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023.
↑ "Japan's Version Of WrestleMania Is Striving For A U.S. Audience Tonight". Deadspin. Retrieved 2024-07-21.

Other websites

Official website

[haberman-1] Haberman, Clyde; Times, Special To the New York (1988-03-23). "Amid Some Doubts, a Tokyo Dome". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2023-08-11. Retrieved 2023-09-23.

[2] 東京ドームの歴史(～2005年) (in Japanese). Tokyo Dome Corporation. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021.

[3] "Guides app - Lonely Planet's newest app". Touristeye.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-03-07.

[4] "Tokyo Dome". PURORESU.wiki. 1988-03-17. Archived from the original on 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2017-03-07.

[kouen-5] 東京ドーム公演アーティスト一覧 (in Japanese). Tokyo Dome Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023.

[6] "Japan's Version Of WrestleMania Is Striving For A U.S. Audience Tonight". Deadspin. Retrieved 2024-07-21.

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