- Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
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Expo '70 Stadium Banpaku Stadium 
Location Suita, Osaka, Japan Opened 1972 Renovated 1993, 1996, 2006 Owner Commemorative Organization
for the Japan
World Exposition '70Surface Grass Capacity 21,000 (mostly seated) Field dimensions 106 x 68.9 m Tenants Gamba Osaka (1980-present) Osaka Expo '70 Stadium (万博記念競技場 Banpaku Kinen Kyōgi-jō) is an athletic stadium in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is in the Expo Commemoration Park, the site of Expo '70. The stadium is the home ground of J. League club Gamba Osaka.
The stadium's north end is terraced and is used by Gamba's most vocal supporters.
The stadium holds around about 20,000 people.
Access
Approx. 3-minute walk from Koen-higashiguchi Station on the Osaka Monorail Saito Line.
External links
- (English) Banpaku Stadium
- (Japanese) Banpaku Stadium
Coordinates: 34°48′37″N 135°32′33″E / 34.81028°N 135.5425°E
J. League Division 1 venues, 2011 Yurtec Stadium Sendai · ND Soft Stadium Yamagata · Kashima Soccer Stadium · Saitama Stadium 2002 · NACK5 Stadium Omiya · Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium · Nissan Stadium · Todoroki Athletics Stadium · Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium · Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium · Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira · Yamaha Stadium · Mizuho Athletic Stadium · Osaka Expo '70 Stadium · Osaka Nagai Stadium · Home's Stadium Kobe · Hiroshima Big Arch · Level-5 StadiumStadium Osaka Expo '70 StadiumRivalries Osaka derby · Kansai derbySeasons 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011Website: www.gamba-osaka.net Categories:- Japanese sports venue stubs
- Visitor attractions in Osaka Prefecture
- Football venues in Japan
- Gamba Osaka
- Athletics venues in Japan
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