Osaka Stadium

Osaka Stadium

Location	Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan
Owner	Osaka Stadium Corporation
Capacity	31,379
Field size	Left and Right Field - 91.5 m Left and Right Center - 109.7 m Center Field - 115.8 m Backstop - 18.3 m
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	January 19509
Built	January 1950
Opened	September 12, 1950
Closed	November 1998
Demolished	2000
Architect	Junzo Sakakura
Tenants
Nankai Hawks(1950-1988) Kintetsu Pearls(1950-1957) Yosho Robbins(1953-1954)

Osaka stadium in 1985 from air, taken by MLIT.

Osaka stadium in 1988, (Taken from the right field)

Scoreboard and backstand from the left field in 1989.

Osaka Stadium (大阪球場, owned by Osaka Stadium Corporation (大阪スダヂアム興業株式会社)) was a baseball stadium in Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan. The stadium was opened in 1950, with a capacity of 32,000 people. It was built over the site of a red-brick tobacco plant which was destroyed during the bombing of Osaka during World War II. The stadium was torn down in 1998 and was entirely replaced by the office and shopping complex of Namba Parks in several stages, with final construction ending in April 2007.

It was primarily used for baseball and was home of the Nankai Hawks until they moved to the Heiwadai Stadium in 1988.

Michael Jackson concluded the 1st leg of his Bad World Tour at the stadium, with three consecutive sold-out shows, on October 10-12, 1987.

See also

• Namba Parks