New Hokkaido Baseball Stadium

ES CON Field Hokkaido (also known as New Hokkaido Baseball Stadium and Hokkaido ballpark) is a proposed baseball ball park at the Hokkaido Ballpark F Village in Kyoei, Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido. The stadium is set to become Nippon-Ham Fighters home, replacing the Sapporo Dome. The stadium will have a retractable roof and capacity for 35,000 people. The stadium will be designed and built by HKS Architects and Obayashi Corporation. In January 2020 ES-Con Japan acquired the naming rights to the stadium, with the surrounding area known as Hokkaido Ballpark F Village.

ES CON Field Hokkaido
Logo of the stadium sponsored by ES-Con
LocationHokkaido Ballpark F Village, Kyoei, Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido
Coordinates42°59′30.4476″N 141°33′0.7344″E
Capacity35,000
Construction
Broke ground13 April 2020
ArchitectHKS Architects
BuilderObayashi Corporation
Tenants
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2023-)

History

In December 2016 it was announced that a task force was being created with a view of constructing a new ballpark for the Fighters.[1] Six months later a concept for the stadium was revealed and investigations into the feasibility of the project continued.[2] In March 2018 Kitahiroshima General Athletic Park in Kitahiroshima was announced as the location for the new stadium.[3][4] Sapporo had offered the team the Makomanai Park as a location to build a new ballpark in order for them to stay in the city.[5] In October 2018 the project to build a new ballpark was given the go ahead by the Nippon Ham directors.[6] The next month general designs for the ballpark were revealed to the public.[7] While HKS were announced as designers of the stadium and Obayashi as the builders.[8][9][10][11][12] In January 2020 ES-Con Japan acquired the naming rights to the stadium, with the surrounding area known as Hokkaido Ballpark F Village.[13][14] On 13 April a ground breaking ceremony for the stadium took place.[15]

References
  1. https://www.nipponham.co.jp/eng/pdf/20161219.pdf
  2. "Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters announce new ballpark concept｜北海道日本ハムファイターズ".
  3. https://www.nipponham.co.jp/eng/pdf/180326_01.pdf
  4. "Fighters choose Kitahiroshima for new ballpark site". The Japan Times Online. 26 March 2018.
  5. "Fighters to build new ballpark in Kita Hiroshima". 15 May 2018.
  6. https://www.nipponham.co.jp/eng/pdf/20181031.pdf
  7. "Fighters reveal general plans for new retractable-roof ballpark". The Japan Times Online. 6 November 2018.
  8. "HKS to design new Hokkaido ballpark – video | PanStadia & Arena Management".
  9. "HKS to design new Hokkaido Ballpark in Japan". 6 November 2018.
  10. "Hokkaido to receive retractable-roof ballpark". 6 November 2018.
  11. "HKS Will Design Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters' $530M Stadium".
  12. Reichard, Kevin (5 November 2018). "New for 2023: Hokkaido Ballpark". Ballpark Digest. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  13. "Notice on Acquisition of Naming Rights to New Ballpark of Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters - To Be Named ES-CON FIELD HOKKAIDO" (PDF). ES-CON Japan. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  14. "Announcement on the official names of the new ballpark and its surrounding district". 29 January 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  15. "「エスコン フィールド HOKKAIDO」の建設予定地で起工式" (in Japanese). Fighters. 13 April 2020.
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