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Nagoya Dome 
Location Nagoya, Japan Opened March 15, 1997 Owner Nagoya Dome Co. Capacity 40,500 Field dimensions Left Field – 100 m (328.1 ft)
Center Field – 122 m (400.3 ft)
Right Field – 100 m (328.1 ft)
Height of Outfield Fence – 4.8 m (15.7 ft)Tenants Chunichi Dragons (Central League) (1997–current) Nagoya Dome (ナゴヤドーム), constructed in 1997, is a baseball field, located in the city of Nagoya, Japan. The dome has the capacity to seat up to 38,414 people (official 40,500 people). It is an example of a geodesic dome.
It has served as HQ for the Chunichi Dragons baseball team, since its opening. It has also served baseball teams Orix Blue Wave and Kintetsu Buffaloes, sometimes during the year.
Official theme song for The Nagoya Dome, "Here For You", was written by local FM radio disk jockey, James Havens, and also released on CD by Victor Entertainment.
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Media related to Nagoya Dome at Wikimedia Commons 35°11′9.53″N 136°56′50.33″E / 35.1859806°N 136.9473139°ECurrent ballparks in Nippon Professional Baseball Central League Tokyo Dome · Meiji Jingu Stadium · Yokohama Stadium · Nagoya Dome · Hanshin Koshien Stadium · MAZDA Zoom-Zoom Stadium HiroshimaPacific League Others/Past Ballparks Hotto Motto Field Kobe · Hiroshima Municipal Stadium (1957)Chunichi Dragons Formerly the Nagoya Club, Sangyo, Chūbu Nippon and Nagoya Dragons • Based in Nagoya, Aichi The Franchise Chunichi Shimbun • History • Seasons • Records • Players • Managers • BroadcastersBallparks Nagoya Baseball Stadium • Nagoya DomeCulture Retired Numbers 10 • 15Japan Series
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