Ichihara Seaside Stadium, football stadium in Ichihara city, Chiba prefecture, Japan
Ichihara Seaside Stadium is a football venue in the city of Ichihara in Japan. The stadium has a straightforward design with tiered stands arranged around a grass field, where home matches and other events take place.
The stadium opened on 1 March 1969 and hosted the football tournament of the 1973 National Sports Festival. In 1992 Ichihara became JEF United Ichihara's hometown and stands were built in haste; the first home match there was on 5 June 1993 against Shimizu S-Pulse before 9,427 spectators. JEF's last J1 match at the ground was on 24 September 2005, and since 2011 VONDS Ichihara has been based here.
The stadium's official name, ZA Oripri Stadium, comes from a naming-rights deal with ZA, an Ichihara printing company, signed in 2013. It is home to VONDS Ichihara FC and hosts some JEF United Chiba Ladies matches. The ground-level sign still reads "Ichihara Seaside Stadium".
The stadium is easy to reach by car or public transit, with parking available nearby. It is advisable to arrive early on match days and prepare for extra traffic, as nearby streets offer places to eat and rest.
The stadium's naming rights belong to ZA, an Ichihara printing company, which renamed it ZA Oripri Stadium in April 2013; the deal covered three city facilities for 4.5 million yen a year. The main stand holds 5,816 seats and the back stand 2,699, with grass standing areas behind the goals after the temporary end stands were removed.
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