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National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
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National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

National Olympic Stadium (国立霞ヶ丘陸上競技場 Kokuritsu Kasumigaoka Rikujō Kyogijō?) is a stadium in Kasumigaoka Shinjuku-ku Tokyo, located at 35°40′41″N, 139°42′53″E, that served as the main stadium for the 1964 Summer Olympics. Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia is capable of being converted from a rectangular football field to an oval for cricket games A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English) is a place, or venue, for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly... Neon signs along Yasukuni-dori in Shinjuku Shinjuku (新宿区 -ku) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. ... Tokyo , literally eastern capital) is the capital of Japan and one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. ... The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, were held in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. ...


It was completed in 1958 as the Japanese national stadium, with its first major event being the 1958 Asian Games. Since then, the stadium has held many other significant events, most notably the 1991 World Athletics Championships, the Mirage Bowl College Football game from 1976-1993, and the Toyota Cup until 2001. As the national stadium in Japan, it is the venue for the final of the Emperor's Cup on 1 January and J.League Cup in November each year. The stadium's capacity is currently 60,057. The Asian Games, also called the Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. ... The World Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations. ... A college football game between Colorado State University and the Air Force Academy. ... Champions League Logo Copa Libertadores Logo The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Champions League and the South American Copa Libertadores in a match played each... The following article refers to the Japanese football/soccer prize. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


Access to the stadium is from Sendagaya or Shinanomachi stations along the JR Chuo-Sobu Line; from Kokuritsu Kyogijo Station on the Toei Oedo Line; and from Gaien-mae Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line. Sendagaya Station platforms Sendagaya Station (Japanese: 千駄ケ谷駅) is located in Shibuya ward, Tokyo and serves Chuo-Sobu Line local services on the Chuo Main Line. ... Shinanomachi Station Shinanomachi Station (信濃町) is located on the JR Chūō-Sobu Line in Shinjuku, Tokyo. ... JR may stand for: Japan Railways Jim Reitz, Disc Jockey for WFHN Aero California, International Air Transport Association code. ... The Chuo-Sobu Line (中央・総武緩行線 Chūō Sōbu Kankō-sen) is part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) network in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan. ... The Toei ÅŒedo Line (都営地下鉄大江戸線, Toei Chikatetsu ÅŒedo-sen) is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (not the Tokyo Metro). ... Ginza Line (Click on image to enlarge. ...


External link

  • Satellite photo of the stadium from Google Maps
Summer Olympic stadia

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Olympic Stadium (Montreal) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (706 words)
Montreal's Olympic Stadium (French Le Stade Olympique) was the main venue of the 1976 Summer Olympics and was the home ballpark of Major League Baseball's Montreal Expos from 1977 until the franchise was moved to Washington, DC after the 2004 season.
Olympic Stadium was remodeled in 1991, with 12,000 seats being removed for Expos games.
The stadium is directly connected to the Pie-IX metro station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro.
Olympic Stadium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (474 words)
The Olympic Stadium is the name usually given to the big centrepiece sports arena of the Summer Olympic Games.
Traditionally, the opening ceremony and the track and field competitions are held in the Olympic Stadium.
In addition to these, there are other stadia called Olympic Stadium around the world, which have either been built as part of a prospective bid for the Games (Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadyumu, Istanbul and Estadio Olímpico de la Cartuja, Seville) or have simply been named that way (Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat).
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