Saitama Stadium 2002
Saitama, Japan
63,700
recorded capacity
1 block = 1,000 placesoutline continues to Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, 72,327
Saitama Stadium 2002 is the 3rd-largest of the 128 listed stadiums in Japan. It was a venue of the 2002 FIFA World Cup and of the 2020 Summer Olympics.
It opened in 2001. The nearest listed stadium is Urawa Komaba Stadium, 5.8 km away.
- Listed for
- Football
- Tenants
- Urawa Red Diamonds, Japan national football team, AFC Champions League
- Surface
- Grass
- Position
- 35.90° N, 139.72° E
Where it stands in Japan
- Nissan Stadium, Yokohama8,627 more72,327
- Japan National Stadium4,050 more67,750
- Saitama Stadium 200263,700
- Shizuoka Stadium12,811 fewer50,889
- Hiroshima Big Arch13,700 fewer50,000
- Ajinomoto Stadium13,730 fewer49,970
- 122 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Operator
- Saitama Prefectural Park Association
- Record attendance
- 63,551 (2012)
- Opening order in Japan
- joint 105th of 128, earliest first
- Share of listed capacity in Japan
- 2.0%
- Compared with the median in Japan
- 3.0 times the median capacity of 21,396 across its 128 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 2000s in Japan
- 16 of the 128 listed stadiums, this one included
- Also opened in 2001 in Japan
- Shizuoka Stadium, Ajinomoto Stadium, Toyota Stadium and 4 more
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Japan National Stadium, 25.0 km
- Listed stadiums within 10 km
- 2
Chronology
- 2001 Opened
- 2002 FIFA World Cup venue
- 2020 Summer Olympics venue
Nearest listed stadiums
- Urawa Komaba Stadium · south-west21,500 places, opened 19675.8 km
- NACK5 Stadium Omiya · west15,491 places, opened 19607.7 km
- Kashiwanoha Stadium · east20,000 places, opened 199919.7 km
- Tokyo Dome · south42,000 places, opened 198822.2 km
- Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium · east15,349 places, opened 198524.0 km
Source: Wikipedia, Saitama Stadium 2002.