TeamNankai Hawks
LocationNaniwa-ku, Osaka (now Namba Parks)
Opened1950
Closed1990
Capacity32,000
About Osaka Stadium
Home of the Nankai Hawks for almost four decades, Osaka Stadium became one of the strangest sights in baseball history after the Hawks moved to Fukuoka following the 1988 season. Rather than demolish the empty stadium immediately, the owners hosted a "model home village" exhibition for six years — turning the playing field into a neighborhood of prefab houses you could tour. Demolished in 1998; Namba Parks shopping complex now stands on the site.
Fun facts
- Located in Namba — the busiest entertainment district in Osaka.
- The model-home exhibition was Japan's first "lifestyle showroom" of its kind, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors.
- Namba Parks, the shopping complex on the site, incorporates a tiered "park" design as a nod to the stadium it replaced.
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