Zozo Marine Stadium
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Marine Stadium, Zozo Marine | |
Chiba City | |
Operator | Chiba Lotte Marines |
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Capacity | 30,118 |
Field size | Left Field – 99.5 m (326.4 ft) Center Field – 122 m (400.3 ft) Right Field – 99.5 m (326.4 ft) Height of Outfield Fence – 3.3 m (14.4 ft) |
Surface | Astro Nexturf (−2017) MS Craft Baseball Turf (2018–)[1] |
Construction | |
Opened | February 2, 1990 |
Construction cost | 13,300,000,000 yen |
Tenants | |
Chiba Lotte Marines (Pacific League) (1992–present) |
ZOZO Marine Stadium
The inaugural event at the Chiba Marine Stadium was on April 13, 1990, with a sold-out performance of the
Lady Gaga performed two sold-out shows at the venue in August 13 and 14, 2014, for her ArtRave: The Artpop Ball[3] tour.[4][5]
The stadium hosts the main stage of the Summer Sonic music festival every August, with the other stages of the festival located in nearby Makuhari Messe. The main stage of Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) Japan has also been held at the stadium, with its first event beginning in 2017.[6]
One of the stadium's most notable baseball events was on April 10, 2022, when Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Rōki Sasaki threw a perfect game, the 16th perfect game in NPB history. Four more no-hitters, aside from the perfect game, would be thrown that season.
Gallery
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Front of Chiba Marine Stadium
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Memorial of Marines, at Chiba Marine Stadium (Zozo Marine Field)
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Makuhari Messe (right)
Trivia
- The stadium was modelled as a stage in the 1994 video game Tekken, although it was only known as simply "Stadium".
See also
References
- ^ "ZOZO マリンスタジアム 人工芝の張替えの件" (PDF). marines.co.jp. December 26, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2017.
- ^ 千葉マリン新名称が「ZOZOマリンスタジアム」に決定 (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Lotte Marines. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ "LADY GAga's artRAVE: The ARTPOP ball". Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
- ^ "Lady Gaga Comes Back To Japan With The Chromatica Ball". Lady Gaga Now. 2022-09-03. Archived from the original on 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ "LADY GAGA'S ART RAVE 'THE ARTPOP BALL' at CHIBA MARINE STADIUM 8.14 – TOKYO DANDY". Archived from the original on 2015-09-20. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ "Location – EDC Japan 2019 – EN". japan.electricdaisycarnival.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
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