Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium

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Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium (万博記念競技場, Banpaku Kinen Kyōgi-jō), a.k.a “Osaka Expo '70 Stadium", is an athletics stadium located in the Expo Commemoration Park, the site of Expo '70, in the city of Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has a capacity of around about 21,000.

Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
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LocationSuita, Osaka, Japan
Coordinates34°48′37″N 135°32′33″E / 34.810278°N 135.5425°E / 34.810278; 135.5425
OwnerOsaka Prefecture
Capacity21,000 (mostly seated)
Field size106 x 68.9 m
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Opened1972
Renovated1985, 1993, 1996, 2006
Tenants
Gamba Osaka (1980–2015)
Gamba Osaka U-23 (2016–2020)

The stadium was the home ground of J.League club Gamba Osaka between 1993 and 2015 before the club moved to Suita City Football Stadium. It remains in use as a local athletics venue, rugby and as a home venue for Gamba Osaka's Under-23 team in the J3 League.

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Approx. one-minute walk from Koen-higashiguchi Station on the Osaka Monorail Saito Line.

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34°48′37″N 135°32′33″E / 34.81028°N 135.54250°E / 34.81028; 135.54250