Tokyo Dome

Also known as Big Egg, Tokyo Big Egg, The Big Egg

indoor stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan

Key facts

Location: 3, Koraku 1-chome, Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
Owner: Tokyo Dome Corporation , ( Mitsui Fudosan (80%) and The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings (20%))
Capacity: 42,000–55,000 (events) , 45,600 ( baseball ) , 57,000 (maximum)
Surface: AstroTurf (1988–2002), FieldTurf (2003–present)
Public transit: Suidobashi Station ( JR Chūō–Sōbu Line ) Korakuen Station ( Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line , Namboku Line ) Kasuga Station ( Toei Ōedo Line , Mita Line )
Opened: March 17, 1988
Architect: Nikken Sekkei , Takenaka Corporation
Builder: Takenaka Corporation
Structural engineer: Nikken Sekkei, Geiger Engineers

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Official website

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Article

Tokyo Dome (Japanese: 東京ドーム, Hepburn: Tōkyō Dōmu) is an indoor stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. It was designed as a baseball stadium following its predecessor, Korakuen Stadium (whose former site is now occupied by the Tokyo Dome Hotel and a plaza for this stadium). In Japan, it is often used as a unit of size; for example, "the new construction is five times the size of Tokyo Dome."

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