Kagawa Prefectural Soccer and Rugby Stadium, Sports stadium in Takamatsu, Japan.
The Kagawa Prefectural Soccer and Rugby Stadium opened in April 1987 in Ikushima-cho, Takamatsu, inside the Kagawa Prefecture General Sports Park. It consists of two pitches: a main ground with 10,000 places, of which 806 are bench seats in the two-tiered central main stand and the rest are grass seating, and a secondary ground holding 1,600. Both use warm-climate turf and have panel-style scoreboards.
The facility opened in 1987 as part of efforts to develop sports infrastructure in Kagawa Prefecture. Its design accommodating both sports emerged from the region's need for facilities serving multiple athletic disciplines.
The stadium hosts the first round of the Emperor's Cup and the Kagawa qualifiers for the national high school soccer and rugby tournaments. In December 2009 it held Kagawa's first Japan Rugby Top League official match, Honda Heat against Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers. Kamatamare Sanuki played home games here until 2013; after the club joined the J.League in 2014 the ground no longer met licensing requirements.
The stadium lies in Kagawa Prefecture Sports Park in Ikushima-cho, Takamatsu. Kotoden Bus Ikushima stop on the Shitakasai line is closer to the ground than the official Sogo Undo Koen stop. The main stand has 806 bench seats in its two-tiered central section, the rest is grass seating.
The main pitch seats 10,000, mostly on grass with 806 bench seats in the two-tiered central main stand; the second pitch holds 1,600. In December 2009 the venue hosted Kagawa Prefecture's first Japan Rugby Top League official match, Honda Heat against Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers.
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