The Makomanai Sekisui Heim Stadium is a multi-purpose

stadium A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...

Sapporo is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in Hokkaido, Japan. Located in the southwest of Hokkaido, it lies within the alluvial fan of the Toyohira River, a tributary of the Ishikari River. Sapporo is the capital ...

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

. During the

1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside ...

, it hosted the opening ceremonies and the

speed skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marathon speed skat ...

events.1972 Winter Olympics official report.
pp. 253-5. Located inside the Makomanai Park, the stadium holds 17,324 people. Currently the stadium holds the

Winter Annual National Competition, and until 2011 the Toyota Big Air snowboarding contest. During summer it is used as

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

courts (up to 8 at the same time) or

futsal Futsal is a variant of association football played between two teams of five players each on a court smaller than a football pitch. Its rules are based on the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game of association football, and i ...

fields (up to 2 at the same time). As of 2021, the Olympic cauldron is still seemingly mounted on the original 1972 plinth, just within the stadium's south east perimeter.

Access

* Namboku Line: 25 minutes walking distance from Makomanai Station.

References

External links

* * Venues of the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skating venues Sports venues in Sapporo Minami-ku, Sapporo Speed skating venues in Japan Tennis venues in Japan Olympic stadiums Sports venues completed in 1971 1971 establishments in Japan Venues of the 1990 Asian Winter Games Venues of the 1986 Asian Winter Games {{Winter-Olympic-venue-stub