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Nagoya Dome


Nagoya Dome (ナゴヤドーム), constructed in 1997, is a baseball field located in the city of Nagoya, Japan. The structure has served as the headquarters of the baseball team Chunichi Dragons since its opening. The dome has the capacity to seat up to 38,414人(公称=official 40,500人) people.

The Nagoya Dome has also served baseball teams Orix Blue Wave and Kintetsu Buffaloes sometimes during the year. Other entertainment events, like concerts by noted musicians Billy Joel, Celine Dion, Steve Barakatt and Luciano Pavarotti, have been held there.

The Nagoya Dome is an example of a geodesic dome.

References

Takenaka Corporation web page on the construction of the Nagoya Dome


Current ballparks in Nippon Professional Baseball
Central LeaguePacific League
Hiroshima Municipal Stadium | Koshien Stadium | Meiji Jingu Stadium | Nagoya Dome | Tokyo Dome | Yokohama StadiumChiba Marine Stadium | Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome | Fullcast Stadium Miyagi | Goodwill Dome | Kyocera Dome Osaka | Sapporo Dome | Skymark Stadium
Coordinates:
20th century - 21st century
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1994 1995 1996 - 1997 - 1998 1999 2000

Year 1997 (MCMXCVII
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Chunichi Dragons

League Central League
Location Nagoya
Ballpark Nagoya Dome
Year Founded 1936
Nickname(s) Chunichi (中日), Dragons (ドラゴンズ), Ryu (竜, dragon)
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The Orix BlueWave (オリックスブルーウェーブ
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The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (ja: 大阪近鉄バファローズ) was a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Osaka, Japan, which were in the Pacific League. The team was owned by Kinki Nippon Railway Co.
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William Martin "Billy" Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, pianist, songwriter, composer and musician. He released his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973. According to the RIAA, he is the sixth best-selling recording artist in the United States.
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Céline Marie Claudette Dion OC, OQ, (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian singer and occasional songwriter and actress.[1][2][3] Born to a large, impoverished family in Charlemagne, Québec, Dion became a teen star in the French-speaking world after
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Steve Barakatt (b 17 May, 1973, Quebec City,Quebec, Canada) is a composer/producer/pianist/singer.

Discography (as recording artist)

  • Double-Joie (1987)
  • Audace/Audacity (1994)
  • Escape (1996)
  • Steve Barakatt Live (1997)
  • Quebec (1998)

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Luciano Pavarotti, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI[1] (October 12, 1935 – September 6, 2007) was a celebrated Italian tenor in operatic music, who successfully crossed into popular music becoming one of the most beloved vocal performers.
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geodesic dome is an almost spherical structure based on a network of struts arranged on great circles (geodesics) lying approximately on the surface of a sphere. The geodesics intersect to form triangular elements that have local triangular rigidity and yet also distribute the
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baseball park, baseball stadium, or ball park / ballpark is the field of play in the game of baseball and the spectator seating areas or any other features around it.
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Sport Baseball
Founded 1950
No. of teams 12
Country(ies)  Japan

Most recent champion(s) Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

Official website NPB.or.jp
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Central League (セントラル・リーグ
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Pacific League (パシフィック・リーグ
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Hiroshima Municipal Stadium (広島市民球場 Hiroshima Shimin Kyujo
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Hanshin Kōshien Stadium (阪神甲子園球場
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Meiji Jingu Stadium (明治神宮野球場
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Tokyo Dome (東京ドーム Tōkyō Dōmu, TYO: 9681 ) is a 55,000-seat [1] stadium located in Bunkyo Ward of Tokyo, Japan.
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Yokohama Stadium (横浜スタジアム yokohama sutajiamu
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Fukuoka Dome (福岡ドーム Fukuoka Dōmu
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Fullcast Stadium Miyagi (フルキャストスタジアム宮城
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Osaka Dome (大阪ドーム) is a baseball stadium located in Osaka, Japan. Beginning in 1997, the stadium was the home field of the Kintetsu Buffaloes.
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The Sapporo Dome (札幌ドーム Sapporo Dōmu
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Skymark Stadium (スカイマークスタジアム
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geographic coordinate system enables every location on the earth to be specified by the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system aligned with the spin axis of the Earth.
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