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Akita Northern Gate Square

秋田ノーザンゲートスクエア
Exterior (March 2020)
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Full name	Akita Northern Gate Square
Location	7-chome 1, Nakadori, Akita-shi, Japan 010-0001
Coordinates	39°42′53.2″N 140°07′49″E / 39.714778°N 140.13028°E / 39.714778; 140.13028
Elevation	10 m (33 ft)
Public transit	Japan Railway Akita Station
Owner	East Japan Railway Company
Operator	East Japan Railway Company
Acreage	7,358 m (79,200 sq ft)
Surface	Hardwood
Scoreboard	Bodet
Construction
Broke ground	June 6, 2018
Opened	December 17, 2019
Construction cost	JPY 2billion
Architect	JR East Design Corporation, Environment Design Institute
Main contractors	Daiichi Kensetsu Co., LTD.
Tenants
JR East Akita Peckers (practice facility, 2019-) Akita Northern Happinets (practice facility, 2020-)

Akita Northern Gate Square (秋田ノーザンゲートスクエア) is an indoor basketball arena in Akita, Akita, Japan. Groundbreaking and construction began in 2018, and it was opened on December 17, 2019. It is located adjacent to the JR Akita Station, and the home practice arena of JR East Akita Peckers basketball. Featuring Akita cedar ceiling frameworks and glass walls, the three-storey building also houses the practice facility and team headquarters of the Akita Northern Happinets of the B.League.

Facilities

• Two full-sized basketball courts - 1,400 sqm, four Sportsystem basketball rings and eight wall mounted goals
• Happinets team store
• Joto Sports Orthopaedic Clinic
• Weight room (Bull weight lifting equipment)
• Monitoring room
• NBA-style locker rooms
• Running course
• Sannoh Gakuen Nursery school

Gallery

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• Under construction on 5 May 2019
• Building site
• Joto Sports Orthopaedic Clinic building was under construction in September 2017

References

1. "ノーザンゲートスクエア完成 にぎわい創出に一役【動画】｜秋田魁新報電子版".
2. "秋田駅東口に"劇場型"体育館完成". 17 December 2019.
3. Japan Railways East (16 March 2017). "秋田の玄関口から健康・スポーツ文化を発信する 「ＪＲ秋田ゲートアリーナ計画（仮称）」を進めます！" (PDF). Retrieved 18 March 2017.
4. "Ｂ１秋田専用施設が誕生 事務所移転で連携に好影響 - バスケットボール写真ニュース : 日刊スポーツ".
5. @Riiiiinko406Vv (17 December 2019). "やべえのを投下だよ🌋💣😇💣🌋チーム専用ロッカールームもうNBA行かなくていいからハピネッツ入ろ😇ペッカーズ入ろ😇ってなってもしょうがない😇木製ロッカーで一区切りごとにコンセントも。シャワー洗濯機完備😇ケンゾーさん「これはす…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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