commonly known as , due to sponsorship reason is a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...

Nara The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an " independent federal agency of the United States government within the executive branch", charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It ...

, capital of

Nara Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara Prefecture has a population of 1,321,805 and has a geographic area of . Nara Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Osaka Prefecture to the ...

, Japan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 30,600 people.http://cafe.daum.net/stade Stadium information Currently home of

J.League The , officially is Japan's professional association football, football league including the first division J1 League, second division J2 League and third division J3 League of the Japanese association football league system. J1 League is one ...

club,

Nara Club is a Japanese football (soccer) club based in the city of Nara, capital of Nara Prefecture. They currently play in J3 League, the third tier professional in the Japanese football league system. History The club was originally established ...

History

Kōnoike Athletic Stadium officially open in 31 march 1983. Renovation stadium in 2009.

hosted stadium in

J3 League or simply J3 is the third division of . It was established in 2013 as the third-tier professional association football league in Japan. The third-tier nationwide league is a relatively recent development in Japanese football with a first attempt ...

match against

Matsumoto Yamaga or Simply Matsumoto Yamaga FC (松本山雅, ''Matsumoto Yamaga Efu Shī'') is the Japanese football (soccer) club based in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture. The club currently play in the J3 League after relegation from J2 League at the end of the ...

on 5 march 2023.

Events

* The 39th

National Sports Festival of Japan The is the national premier sports event of Japan. It consists of three stages. The skating and ice hockey stage takes place in January, the skiing stage takes place in February, and the main Autumn tournament takes place in September and Octo ...

autumn (a.k.a. ), Main venue in 1984. * The Inter-highschool championships 2009, Main venue in 2009.

References

Football venues in Japan Athletics (track and field) venues in Japan Multi-purpose stadiums in Japan Sports venues in Nara Prefecture Nara Club Buildings and structures in Nara, Nara Sports venues completed in 1983 1983 establishments in Japan {{Japan-sports-venue-stub