CNA Arena Akita
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Full name | Akita City Gymnasium Akita Shiritsu Taiikukan |
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Location | Akita, Japan |
Coordinates | 39°43′32.3″N 140°5′15.7″E / 39.725639°N 140.087694°E |
Parking | 382 |
Owner | Akita city |
Operator | Akita city |
Capacity | 5,000: basketball |
Field size | 24,276.88 m2 |
Surface | Birch flooring |
Construction | |
Opened | April, 1994 |
Construction cost | JPY3.8 billion[1] |
Architect | Toyokazu Watanabe |
Structural engineer | Kawasaki Architect Structural Engineers |
Main contractors | Konoike Construction |
Tenants | |
Akita Northern Happinets (2016-present) Yonex Akita Masters (2018-present) |
CNA Arena Akita is an arena in Rinkai-area, Akita, Japan. It is owned and run by the city.[2] Cable Networks Akita acquired its naming rights in 2015.[3] The silver-colored building opened in 1994 and holds 5,000 people.[4] The gym has a dome-shaped 154 feet height ceiling, and added 2,088 extra seatings in 2016.[5][6][7] It is the home arena of the Akita Northern Happinets of the B.League, Japan's professional basketball league. The biggest basketball court in Akita is Akita Prefectural Gymnasium.
Facilities
[edit]- Main arena - 2,540m2 (63.5m×40m)
- Sub arena - 863m2 (38.0m×22m)
- Table tennis room - 324m2
- Multi-purpose hall - 324m2
- Running course - 810m2
Sports Events
[edit]CNA Arena has hosted the following sports events:
- 2001 World Games - Acrobatic gymnastics, Aerobic gymnastics, Rhythmic gymnastics, Dancesport, Trampoline gymnanastics
- National Sports Festival of Japan - Gymnastics (2007)
- bj League All-Star Game (2014)
- Akita Masters
Sports events at former municipal gymnasium in Sannoh
[edit]- All-Japan Artistic Gymnastics Championships 20–23 November 1964,[8] Akita City-born Yukio Endō won gold medals in individual all-around, silver medals in floor exercise, rings, vault, horizontal bar and bronze medal in parallel bars
Gallery
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View from Rinkai road
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Sub Arena
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The Happinets Powerhouse
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Main Arena
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Panoramio photo
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Satellite view
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Aerial view of former Akita Municipal Gymnasium in 1975 (39°43′7.9″N 140°06′17.1″E / 39.718861°N 140.104750°E)
Drops of water
[edit]On January 9. 2018, it leaked on the court floor, and the basketball game was delayed.[9] Other roof leaks are also reported.[10]
Attendance records
[edit]The record for a basketball game is 4,951, set on November 30, 2022, when the Happinets defeated the Alvark Tokyo 83-69.[11]
Access
[edit]![](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/AkitaChuoKotsu_391.jpg/220px-AkitaChuoKotsu_391.jpg)
- From Akita Station: Akita Chūō Kōtsū for Rinkai Eigyosho, Kenritsu Pool. Get off at Shiritsu Taiikukan-mae.
References
[edit]- ^ "市立体育館の修繕、足場に10億円? 苦悩する秋田市:朝日新聞デジタル". 12 September 2019.
- ^ Akita city (April 2012). "秋田市立体育館清掃業務仕様書" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ^ "CNA、市立体育館の命名権を獲得 秋田市と契約へ|さきがけonTheWeb". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
- ^ "<bj秋田>仮設席でアリーナ問題解消 | 河北新報オンラインニュース". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
- ^ Sports Hochi (30 September 2016). "【バスケット】天井47メートル!秋田、10・1ホーム開幕A東京戦へ会場準備着々". Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ Sports Hochi (30 September 2016). "【バスケット】快適!秋田のホーム新設移動観覧席にドリンクホルダー". Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ Akita City (30 September 2016). "秋田市立体育館 手動式移動仮説席 仕様書" (PDF). Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ^ "パンフレット 1964年 第18回 全日本体操競技選手".[permanent dead link]
- ^ Akita Sakigake (9 January 2018). "CNAアリーナ雨漏り ミニバス決勝20分遅れ". Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Letter from Home 徒然なるままに、、、 SumConceptDesign泉です (20 April 2015). "秋田市立体育館 設計:渡辺豊和". Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ 秋田ノーザンハピネッツ [@AKITA_NH] (2022-11-30). "【11/30(水)vs アルバルク東京@ CNAアリーナ☆あきた】" (Tweet). Retrieved 2023-04-11 – via Twitter.
External links
[edit]Location map
[edit]- 2001 World Games
- Acrobatic gymnastics at the 2001 World Games
- Akita Northern Happinets
- Sports venues in Akita Prefecture
- Indoor arenas in Japan
- Basketball venues in Japan
- Boxing venues in Japan
- Buildings and structures in Akita (city)
- Postmodern architecture
- Sports venues completed in 1994
- 1994 establishments in Japan
- Badminton venues
- Postmodern architecture in Japan
- Japanese sports venue stubs