Osaka Expo '70 Stadium

Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Location Suita, Osaka, Japan
Coordinates 34°48′37″N 135°32′33″E / 34.810278°N 135.5425°E / 34.810278; 135.5425
Owner Osaka Prefecture
Capacity 21,000 (mostly seated)
Field size 106 x 68.9 m
Surface Grass
Construction
Opened 1972
Renovated 1985, 1993, 1996, 2006
Tenants
Gamba Osaka (1993–2015)
Gamba Osaka Under-23 (2016–present)

Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium (万博記念競技場 Banpaku Kinen Kyōgi-jō), also called 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.

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.

Access

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

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

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