Full name | Utsunomiya City Gymnasium |
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Location | Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan |
Coordinates | Coordinates: 36°33′40.3″N139°54′38.5″E / 36.561194°N 139.910694°E |
Owner | Utsunomiya city |
Operator | Utsunomiya city |
Capacity | 2,900 |
Construction | |
Opened | 1979 |
Renovated | 2014 |
Construction cost | |
Tenants | |
Link Tochigi Brex |
Brex Arena Utsunomiya is an arena in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan. It is the home arena of the Link Tochigi Brex of the B.League, Japan's professional basketball league. [1]
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The B.League is a professional men's basketball league that began in Japan in September 2016. The league is operated by the Japan Professional Basketball League and was formed as a result of a merger between the National Basketball League that was operated by the FIBA-affiliated Japan Basketball Association and the independently operated bj league. The merger had been mandated by FIBA as a condition to Japan having its membership resumed following suspension in November 2014.
Tochigi Prefecture is a prefecture located in the Kantō region of Japan. The capital is the city of Utsunomiya.
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