TeamLotte Orions
LocationKawasaki, Kanagawa
Opened1952
Closed2000
Capacity28,000
About Kawasaki Stadium
Home of the Lotte Orions/Marines from 1955 until they moved to Chiba in 1992. In its later years, Kawasaki Stadium became infamous for sparse crowds — sometimes hundreds of fans rattling around in a 28,000-seat venue, leading to the nickname "the loneliest stadium in Japan." After the Marines' departure it remained as an amateur baseball venue until being demolished in 2000. The Kawasaki Stadium that exists today on the site is a soccer/rugby ground.
Fun facts
- The "loneliest stadium" reputation came from the Orions' poor late-1980s teams playing in front of crowds as small as 800-1,000.
- The current Kawasaki Stadium on the site is dedicated to soccer (Kawasaki Frontale's training ground) and rugby — no baseball.
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