[Jim856796]

The Tokyo Dome

Home of the Yorimuri Giants and former home of the Nippon Ham Fighters.

Also one of the venues of the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic.

Capacity: 42,000

 

[Vilak]

Nice dome!

 

[pawel19-87]

^^

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregrule/5496812440/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancyt054/5417208499/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregrule/5498448928/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/agustinrafaelreyes/5081129798/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/theysoar/4883873936/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianychan/5449381605/

 

[will101]

This place always struck me as being somewhere between Tropicana Field and Kauffman Stadium. But with that weird high chain link fence in front of the stands in foul ground that the Japanese seem to love.

 

[helorider14]

also known as the egg

 

[will101]

^^

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregrule/5496812440/

Where do you get these great pictures? Did you take them yourself?

 

[FloridaKnight]

When was this built? It looks like terrible sightlines for baseball. Is it a multipurpose stadium too to host American football games and what not?

 

[facufrege]

Wonderfull Dome!!!

 

[koolio]

Is Tokyo Dome the biggest baseball stadium in Tokyo?

 

[will101]

When was this built? It looks like terrible sightlines for baseball. Is it a multipurpose stadium too to host American football games and what not?

The Tokyo Dome was opened in March of 1988. It was designed for baseball only, but shows much of the same thinking behind Skydome/Rogers Center and Tropicana Field. However, there are no movable seats, and football games are laid out home-to-center.

 

[will101]

Is Tokyo Dome the biggest baseball stadium in Tokyo?

According to the link below (about halfway down) this the largest baseball stadium in the Tokyo area, and the second largest in Nippon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball

 

[Serial Killer]

this one reminds me guns n' roses live in tokyo 1992 dvd

 

[will101]

this one reminds me guns n' roses live in tokyo 1992 dvd

Yep, that was the place. That is also where the "55,000" capacity figure comes from, as they just barely squeezed 55,000 fans into the stadium for the concerts, by using the field for seating.

 

[sweet-d]

This stadium is actually pretty cool. Especially the lights on the outside a nice retro look.

 

[94rocket]

To be able to see this stadium closely is an agreeable sensation, actually it is very beautiful, I hope to be able to see more images although I have already seen it of very closely.

 

[jay stew]

One of the biggest upsets in boxing history took place at the Tokyo Dome on February 10, 1990 when James "Buster" Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson to become the undisputed Heavyweight Champion.

 

[Darloeye]

Who is Buster Douglas ? LOL Its a really nice stadium tho. Bit old school tho

 

[Jim856796]

Seeing as all of the air-supported-roof stadiums are either now no longer standing (Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis) or had their roofs replaced (BC Place in Vancouver), should the Tokyo Dome get its roof replaced by a different roof (like a retractable one), or should it stick with its existing roof?

 

[CollegeBoy]

Reminds me of the Metrodome.

 

[will101]

Seeing as all of the air-supported-roof stadiums are either now no longer standing (Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis) or had their roofs replaced (BC Place in Vancouver), should the Tokyo Dome get its roof replaced by a different roof (like a retractable one), or should it stick with its existing roof?

The Carrier Dome in Syracuse is still doing well.