Akita Prefectural Central Park Athletic Stadium, Sports stadium in Yuwa, Japan.
The Akita Prefectural Central Park Athletic Stadium is a sports facility in Yuwa with a capacity of around 22,000 seats for track and field events. The facility offers modern training and competition conditions with standard running tracks and viewing areas.
The stadium was built for the 1984 National High School Comprehensive Sports Festival (Inter-High) held in Akita. It later hosted events of the 2001 World Games and, in 2007, served as the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies and the athletics competitions of the Akita Wakasugi National Sports Festival.
The stadium serves as a hub for regional athletic events where local athletes train and compete throughout the year.
The stadium lies in the Akita Prefectural Central Park in Yuwa, Akita City, about 5 minutes by car from Akita Airport and roughly 10 minutes by car from JR Wada Station on the Ou Main Line. The site has no floodlighting, so events are held in daylight.
The main stadium has no floodlights, so its 22,000 places (7,000 in the main stand, 5,686 on benches, 9,314 on grass) are used in daylight. It was a venue of the 2001 World Games, and in 2007 it hosted the opening and closing ceremonies and the athletics of the Akita Wakasugi National Sports Festival.
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