Best Denki Stadium

Best Denki Stadium (ベスト電器スタジアム) (official name: Higashi-Hirao Park Hakatanomori Football Stadium (東平尾公園博多の森球技場), renamed on March 1, 2008 for naming rights), located in the Hakata ward of Fukuoka city is the home ground of Avispa Fukuoka association football club.

Best Denki Stadium

Full name	Best Denki Stadium
Former names	Hakatanomori Football Stadium (1995–2008)
Location	1-1 Higashihirao Koen, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, 816-0052, Japan
Coordinates	33.585889°N 130.46079°E / 33.585889; 130.46079
Owner	Fukuoka city
Capacity	22,563
Field size	144 x 80 m
Construction
Built	1995
Opened	July 13, 1995
Construction cost	10 billion JPY
Tenants
Avispa Fukuoka

The stadium also hosts rugby union matches, including a few international matches, Top League games, Top League Challenge series and Top Kyushu league games. It was also host to four games (two match days) in the IRB Junior World Championship 2009, including the 7th place play-off and 5th place play-off on July 21, 2009.

The stadium was one of the venues for 2019 Rugby World Cup which was the first Rugby World Cup to be held in Asia.[1] During the games, to which the clean stadium regulations were applied, the stadium used the name of "Hakatanomori Stadium".

The stadium's seating capacity is 22,563. It is located in Higashi Hirao Koen (park), 15–20 minutes walk or a short bus ride from Fukuoka Airport.

This stadium was well-known as "Level-5 Stadium" in 2008-2019 seasons, which was named after the game software company. After that, Level-5 announced that it would not renew the naming-right contract in 2020 season, so the new sponsors were recruited. As a result, "Best Denki" which is the home electronics mass retailer headquartered in Fukuoka city has acquired the naming rights. Therefore, this stadium has been using the name of "Best Denki Stadium" (abbreviation: Bes-Sta (ベススタ)) since March 1, 2020.