Sapporo Stadium Space Dome

The Sapporo Dome is a stadium located in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Japan, and is primarily used for baseball and football. It is the home field of the baseball team Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and the football club Consadole Sapporo. BTW - note the green rectangle...

The Sapporo Dome opened in 2001 with 41,580 seats. In late 2009, renovations increasing the capacity to 67,400 were finished. These renovations also included space for more food outlets, an extra video screen, two extra changing rooms (to accommodate matches in the NFL World Series) and further media area as part of new office buildings attached to the stadium.

The Dome is interesting in that it switches between two entirely different surfaces. Baseball games are played on an artificial turf field, while football games are held on a grass pitch that slides into and out of the stadium as needed (get that!).

This is one of the public spaces or urban parks that form part of the perimeter of the stadium. I quite like that little chrome replica sculpture you can see here.

There was a major baseball tournament underway.

What really strikes you is the quality of the design and archietcture. A fabulous amenity for Sapporo.

The detail goes right down to the ivy climbing the concrete, and all sorts of other details. Let alone the sound proofing...

I'm sure these ventilation structures have some echo with past built forms. Very interesting to walk around...

Not sure about this little viewing platform. Must have a purpose.

This pic gives some sense of scale. They wouldn't even let me take my bike up round here. Pedestrian environment absolutely...

The design and attention to detail is breath-taking.

A stadium to be in awe of.