TOKYO DOME

Tokyo Dome is Japan’s first all-weather multipurpose stadium. It opened in 1988 as the home stadium of the Yomiuri Giants professional baseball team.
The stadium was designed so that events would not have to be rescheduled because of rain, and construction began on the former site of the Korakuen Velodrome.
The building covers an area of approximately 4.7 hectares. Rather than being compared to other familiar landmarks, however, Tokyo Dome itself has become a standard unit of comparison, with the size of other facilities often described as “equivalent to a certain number of Tokyo Domes.”
The stadium seats 43,500 spectators for baseball games and can accommodate up to 55,000 people for concerts. Even during the baseball off-season, it remains lively with concerts and a wide variety of events.
Because of its egg-like shape, Tokyo Dome was once nicknamed the “Big Egg,” and the surrounding area, including its amusement facilities, became known as Big Egg City.
In 2000, however, the area was renamed Tokyo Dome City. Along with this change, a variety of commercial facilities were added, including a hotel, an urban amusement park, and a shopping mall featuring hot spring facilities, making the area a major destination with exceptional appeal.