CNA Arena | |
Full name | Akita City Gymnasium Akita Shiritsu Taiikukan |
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Location | Akita, Japan |
Coordinates | 39°43′32.3″N140°5′15.7″E / 39.725639°N 140.087694°E |
Parking | 382 |
Owner | Akita city |
Operator | Akita city |
Capacity | 5,000: basketball |
Field size | 24,276.88 m2 |
Surface | Birch flooring |
Construction | |
Opened | April, 1994 |
Construction cost | JPY3.8 billion [1] |
Architect | Toyokazu Watanabe |
Structural engineer | Kawasaki Architect Structural Engineers |
Main contractors | Konoike Construction |
Tenants | |
Akita Northern Happinets (2016-present) Yonex Akita Masters (2018-present) |
CNA Arena Akita is an arena in Rinkai-area, Akita, Japan. It is owned and run by the city. [2] Cable Networks Akita acquired its naming rights in 2015. [3] The silver-colored building opened in 1994 and holds 5,000 people. [4] The gym has a dome-shaped 154 feet height ceiling, and added 2,088 extra seatings in 2016. [5] [6] [7] It is the home arena of the Akita Northern Happinets of the B.League, Japan's professional basketball league. The biggest basketball court in Akita is Akita Prefectural Gymnasium.
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On January 9. 2018, it leaked on the court floor, and the basketball game was delayed. [9] Other roof leaks are also reported. [10]
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