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The , a.k.a. , is a football stadium in Misaki Park, Hyogo-ku, Kobe, Japan. The stadium has a capacity of 30,132. This stadium, which features a
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, is the home ground of
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club
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and the
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team Kobelco Kobe Steelers. In 1970, was opened at the site of the Kobe Keirin Track. It was the first football stadium in Japan to be able to host games at night following the installation of floodlights.


2002 FIFA World Cup

In order to host the
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, the stadium was renovated to install a removable roof and increase spectator capacity. It was opened under the name Kobe Wing Stadium in November 2001 with a capacity of 42,000. Reopened in 2003 with a reduced capacity of 32,000 Kobe Wing Stadium became the home of the
Vissel Kobe is a Japanese professional football club based in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. They are currently the J1 League champions. The club's home stadium is Noevir Stad ...
football club.


2019 Rugby World Cup

The stadium was announced as one of the venues for
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which will be the first
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to be held in Asia. Four group games were played in the stadium between the end of September and early October 2019.


Naming rights

In February 2007, Next Co., Ltd. (the owner of the real estate website "Home's") purchased the naming rights to the stadium from the city of Kobe for three years at a sum of 70 million yen per year. The stadium was renamed "Home's Stadium Kobe" on March 1, 2007, and the contract was renewed for a further three years in January 2010. In 2012, the city of Kobe sought tenders for a new naming sponsor. Kobe-based cosmetics company Noevir was the only bidder, and in February 2013, the city announced the conclusion of a three-year contract for the sum of 65 million yen per year. The stadium became known as Noevir Stadium Kobe on 1 March 2013.


See also

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* List of football stadiums in Japan


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