Ariake Coliseum

Ariake Coliseum
Location Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Owner Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Capacity 10,000
Construction
Broke ground 1985
Opened 1987
Construction cost $ ? million
Tenants
Japan Open Tennis Championships (1987–present)
All Japan Tennis (1987–present)
Nichirei International Championships (1990–1996)
Toyota Princess Cup (1997–2002)
Tokyo Apache (bj league) (2005–2009)
FIVB World Grand Prix (2006–2007)
FIVB World League (2008–2009)
Toray Pan Pacific Open (2008–present)
2020 Summer Olympics

Ariake Coliseum (有明コロシアム Ariake Koroshiamu) is an indoor sporting arena in Ariake Tennis Forest Park (有明テニスの森公園 Ariake Tenisu no Mori Kōen) located in Ariake, Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. It has a capacity of 10,000. The arena is used as the center court for the Japan Open Tennis Championships and the Toray Pan Pacific Open held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park. It is one of the few professional tennis venues which has a retractable roof.

This venue will also host Road FC 24, instead of Ryogoku Kokugikan.

The venue will host tennis events at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]

References

  1. "Venue Plan". Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee. Retrieved 8 July 2013.

See also

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Coordinates: 35°38′11.28″N 139°47′24.33″E / 35.6364667°N 139.7900917°E / 35.6364667; 139.7900917


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