Miyagi Baseball Stadium, Baseball stadium in Sendai
Miyagi Baseball Stadium is a 30,508-seat ballpark in Miyaginohara Sports Park, Sendai, with a symmetrical all-natural-grass field, the only one in the Pacific League. Its outfield carries two full-LED video boards and a low wall with advertising panels, and red tiered seating rises toward a large scoreboard screen. Smile Glico Park, with a Ferris wheel and merry-go-round, is built into the left-field seating.
Miyagi Baseball Stadium opened in 1950 on the site of a former Imperial Japanese Army training ground. Lights were added in 1973, and the Lotte Orions used it as a semi-home from 1973 to 1977, hosting the first night game in the Tohoku region. After Rakuten founded the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2004, the stadium was renovated in phases, and it hosted its first Japan Series in 2013, which the Eagles won.
The left-field stands incorporate Smile Glico Park, an amusement park with a Ferris wheel and merry-go-round visible beyond the outfield wall. The stadium has hosted four All-Star games, the first in 1992. Since 2005 the Eagles have played here, and the team's 2013 Japan Series title followed the stadium's first Climax Series and Japan Series.
The stadium sits inside Miyaginohara Sports Park in Sendai's Miyagino ward. The left-field stands incorporate Smile Glico Park, an amusement area with a Ferris wheel and merry-go-round, so allow time to walk the concourses. The playing surface is natural grass, the only such field in the Pacific League.
The Eagles have only called the stadium home since 2005, when Rakuten created the team after the 2004 NPB realignment. The club's first Climax Series and Japan Series came in 2013, when it won the championship. The left-field seating incorporates Smile Glico Park, an amusement park with a Ferris wheel and merry-go-round.
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