The is a 16,033-capacity

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. The stadium is home to

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side

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. The stadium hosted Ecuador's national selection during the

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. It was formerly known as Tottori Stadium. Since April 2008 it has been called Tottori Bank Bird Stadium for the

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. The stadium has also hosted

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games. It is one of the few

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s built in Japan before the

boom, and as such Gainare Tottori uses it as part of its bid to be promoted to the

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, since their home stadium in

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was built for athletics and the town has no money for upgrading it.

References

External links

The Rising Sun News - Tottori Stadium
{{J3 League venues Buildings and structures in Tottori (city) Football venues in Japan Multi-purpose stadiums in Japan Sports venues in Tottori Prefecture Sports venues completed in 1995 Gainare Tottori 1995 establishments in Japan