(official name: ) is a stadium in

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, Chiba, Japan. It opened in 1990 and holds approximately 30,000 people. It is primarily used for

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and is the home field of the

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. It is also used for

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. The stadium was built in a multi-purpose circular shape, similarly shaped like now-demolished American stadiums like

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. The official opening of the stadium was on April 13, 1990, when popstar Madonna opened her

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at the venue. The show was blighted by heavy rain and high winds which led to the concert being dramatically scaled back, as documented in her documentary ''

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''. She did successfully do two other shows on the 14 & 15 April.

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performed 2 sold-out shows at the venue on August 13 and 14, 2014, for her ArtRave: The Artpop Ball tour. The

Summer Sonic Festival The , also known as Supersonic, is an annual two- or three-day rock festival held at the same time in Osaka and Chiba, Japan. The majority of the bands playing in Osaka the first day go to Chiba the following day and vice versa. The line-up co ...

is held at the stadium, as well as the

Makuhari Messe is a Japanese convention center outside Tokyo, located in the Mihama-ku ward of Chiba City, in the northwest corner of Chiba Prefecture. Designed by Fumihiko Maki, it is accessible by Tokyo's commuter rail system. ''Makuhari'' is the name of ...

, every summer. Electric Daisy Carnival Japan is also held at the stadium, with its first event beginning in 2017.

Gallery

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(right)

Trivia

*The stadium was modelled as a stage in the 1994 video game '' Tekken'', although it was only known as "Stadium".

References

Baseball venues in Japan Rugby union stadiums in Japan Chiba Lotte Marines Sports venues in Chiba (city) Sports venues completed in 1990 1990 establishments in Japan {{Japan-baseball-venue-stub