Yamada Green Dome Maebashi
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Maebashi Velodrome | |
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Former names | Maebashi Velodrome |
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| Location | Maebashi Gunma Prefecture, Japan |
| Coordinates | 36°23′51.40″N 139°03′28″E / 36.3976111°N 139.05778°E |
| Owner | Maebashi city |
| Operator | Green Dome Maebashi Foundation |
| Capacity | 12,596 Concert: 20,000 Track and field, Cycling: 7,584 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | May 1990 |
Main contractors | Shimizu Corporation |
| Tenants | |
| Gunma Crane Thunders (2012–2016) 1990 UCI Track Cycling World Championships Keirin | |
Nippon Totor Green Dome Maebashi (日本トーターグリーンドーム前橋, Nihon Tōtā Gurīn Dōmu Maebashi) is an arena in Maebashi, Japan. With a capacity of 8,000, it is primarily used for indoor sports. One of its primary functions is as a velodrome - when it is known as Maebashi Velodrome (前橋競輪場, Maebashi Keirinjyō) - holding parimutuel Keirin races throughout the year.
Some of the international sports meets held in the past include the 1990 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships. It is the former home arena of the Gunma Crane Thunders of the B.League, Japan's professional basketball league.
Professional Keirin
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The Dome's velodrome oval is 335 meters in circumference. A typical keirin race of 2,035 meters consists of six laps around the course.
Green Dome Maebashi is one of only two indoor locations in Japan that offer professional keirin races - the other venue is Kokura Velodrome at the Kitakyushu Media Dome.
Maebashi's keirin identification number for betting purposes is 22# (22 sharp).
Naming rights
[edit]Takasaki-based Yamada Denki purchased the naming rights in 2014,[1] later Nippon Totor in 2022.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "グリーンドーム前橋・ネーミングライツにつきまして". Archived from the original on 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- ↑ "ネーミングライツに伴う呼称の変更について". Archived from the original on 2022-03-10.
External links
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Media related to Green Dome Maebashi at Wikimedia Commons- Green Dome Maebashi Home Page (Japanese)
- Green Dome Maebashi Archived 2019-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
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