Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka
stadium
The Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka (みずほPayPayドーム福岡, Mizuho Peipei Dōmu Fukuoka), officially the Fukuoka Dome (福岡ドーム, Fukuoka Dōmu), is a domed baseball field located in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. Home to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, the 40,000 seat stadium was built in 1993 and was originally named Fukuoka Dome. It is Japan's first stadium built with a retractable roof, and was the only baseball stadium in Japan with one until the opening of Es Con Field Hokkaido in 2023. It is the largest primary home stadium in the Pacific League.
History
Fukuoka Dome is the home stadium of Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and, together with Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk Hotel, is part of the Hawks Town entertainment complex. It is located near Momochi Beach, and a 15 minute walk from Tōjinmachi Station, a part of the Fukuoka City Subway system.
In 2003, Colony Capital purchased the stadium with accompanying hotels from Daiei. In the process, Colony assumed ¥60 billion in debts with the properties along with a ¥15 billion capital infusion for renovations.
After the sale of the stadium's primary tenant, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, from supermarket chain Daiei to multinational technology investment company SoftBank on January 28, 2005, Yahoo! Japan, one of SoftBank's subsidiaries, acquired the stadium's naming rights, and thus renamed it Fukuoka Yahoo!
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