Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Sports venue in Suita, Japan
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Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium (万博記念競技場, Banpaku Kinen Kyōgi-jō), a.k.a. “Osaka Expo '70 Stadium", is an athletics stadium located in the Expo Commemoration Park, the site of Expo '70, in the city of Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has a capacity of around about 21,000.
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| Location | Suita, Osaka, Japan |
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| Coordinates | 34.810278°N 135.5425°E |
| Owner | Osaka Prefecture |
| Capacity | 21,000 (mostly seated) |
| Surface | Grass |
Field size | 106 x 68.9 m |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1972 |
| Renovated | 1985, 1993, 1996, 2006 |
| Tenants | |
| Gamba Osaka (1980–2015) Gamba Osaka U-23 (2016–2020) | |
The stadium was the home ground of J.League club Gamba Osaka between 1993 and 2015 before the club moved to Suita City Football Stadium. It remains in use as a local athletics venue, rugby and as a home venue for Gamba Osaka's Under-23 team in the J3 League.
Access
The stadium can be reached via an approximately one-minute walk from Koen-higashiguchi Station on the Osaka Monorail Saito Line.
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