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Nices Arena

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Nices Arena
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Full nameYurihonjo General Disaster Prevention Park[1]
Location18 Tajirino, Ishiwaki, Yurihonjo, Japan
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Public transitJapan Railway Ugo-Honjō Station
Parking1,000 spaces
OwnerThe City of Yurihonjo
OperatorMizuno Sports Service
CapacityConcert:5,000
Basketball:4,000
Field size16,967 sqm
ScoreboardFile:Daktronics Logo.svgDaktronics LED centerhung scoreboard
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Construction
Broke groundMarch 18, 2016
OpenedOctober 1, 2018
Construction costJPY10.8 billion[2]
ArchitectAzusa Sekkei
Main contractorsSato Kogyo
Tenants
Prestige International Aranmare Akita
Akita Northern Happinets
Website
https://sports-service.mizuno.jp/facilities/yurihonjo/

Nices Arena (ナイスアリーナ) is a multi-use indoor arena in Yurihonjo, Akita.[3] Groundbreaking and construction began on March 18, 2016, and opened in October 2018.[4] The arena's parking lot can hold 1,000 cars. Yurihonjo city introduced the File:Daktronics Logo.svgDaktronics high-definition LED centerhung display[5] for the second time in the prefecture. "EXPERIENCE THE DAKTRONICS DIFFERENCE" was the very first message on this HD video set. There is no ribbon displays and "see through" shot clocks. It is named after the supermarket Nices based in Akita city. The store pays JPY3.1 million annually for the naming rights.[6]

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Building site in 2014

Facilities

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  • Main arena (91m x 38m, 3,458 square metres)
  • Sub-arena (32m x 20m, 640 square metres)
  • Kendo area
  • Judo area
  • Training room
  • Fitness studio
  • Changing rooms
  • Shower room
  • Conference rooms

Additional seats

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It is announced that the city will add 480 new seats in 2020.[7] The budget is 100 million yen.

Attendance records

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The largest crowd to ever gather at the Nices Arena was on December 7, 2019, for Badminton S/J League games, with a reported attendance of 4,100.[8] The record for a basketball game is 3,825, set on March 3, 2019, when the Osaka Evessa defeated the Happinets 88–73.[9][10]

Access

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Ugo Kotsu Express

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