Kokuritsu Kyōgijō

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Kokuritsu Kyōgijō is Japan’s main national sports stadium in Tokyo, rebuilt as a modern multi-purpose venue and centerpiece for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.

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instanceOf multi-purpose stadium
sports venue
stadium
alsoKnownAs National Stadium
surface form: New National Stadium
architect Kengo Kuma
brokeGround 2016
capacity approximately 68000
completedDate November 2019
constructionCost approximately 157 billion yen
constructionStartDate December 2016
country Japan
demolitionOfPreviousStadium 2015
designedFor 2020 Summer Olympics
2020 Summer Paralympics
hasFeature multi-tiered seating bowl
open-air concourses
roof encircling the stands
wooden eaves using timber from all Japanese prefectures
hasSurface natural grass
hasTrack 400 m athletics track
hostedEvent athletics at the Summer Olympics
surface form: athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics

closing ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics
closing ceremony of the 2020 Summer Paralympics
football matches at the 2020 Summer Olympics
opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics
opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Paralympics
locatedIn Shibuya
Shinjuku
Tokyo
nativeName 新国立競技場
surface form: 国立競技場
nativeNameLanguage ja
neighborhood Kasumigaoka
officialName Japan National Stadium
opened 2019
21 December 2019
operator Japan Sport Council
owner Japan Sport Council
partOf Tokyo 2020 Olympic venues
precededBy National Stadium (1958)
primaryUse athletics
football
multi-purpose events
rugby union
purpose main national stadium of Japan
replaced Old National Stadium
seatingCapacity approximately 60000
structuralEngineer Azusa Sekkei

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Japan National Stadium nicknamed Kokuritsu Kyōgijō
National Stadium alsoKnownAs Kokuritsu Kyōgijō
subject surface form: National Stadium (Tokyo)