The Stadiums of Tokyo!

[@sootchh4055]

Belluna Dome has become one of the most unpopular ones among players and fans. The detached roof maybe innovative at the time in the late 1990s, but in springtime it's too cold (windy season in March & April), and in summer it's way too hot and humid. They've spent gazillions of yen to add better air conditioning under the roof, but hot air from the outside makes it rather inefficient. Also lots of bugs (mosquitos, flies, bees, moths, ladybugs, beetles) and pollen freely invade the playing field and the stands, as the dome is built right by the mountains and forests. It's gotten so bad that many Lions players have asked to be traded.

[@williambillingsford9987]

This has become my favorite channel - I spend way too long on your videos man. Keep it up! Some future ideas: - NCAA Hockey arenas for the top 20 or so programs - Former NBA arenas that are still standing - NCAA track and field stadiums ranked - NCAA baseball stadiums ranked - NCAA Final Four venues by year

[@ExileOnDaytonStreet]

After the Big Ten hockey arena one, I'm cautiously optimistic that we're soon going to get an NCHC, Hockey East, and/or ECAC hockey arena video. The "Former NBA Arenas Still Standing" could be interesting. I live in Milwaukee, and the Milwaukee Arena (aka MECCA, now known as UWM Panther Arena) was built in 1950 and still has several full time tenants to this day. I don't know how many other old NBA arenas are that old and still in use (the amusingly named Cow Palace by San Fran?) but there's bound to be some good ones. And a few football stadiums, I think.

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll almost certainly be making the NBA video at the very least.

[@_vikram]

Well, as a left field idea, how about every stadium which has hosted Wrestlemania (provided you have watched WWE)?

[@jeremybrahm3326]

JEF is the combination of JR East Raiwaly (JE) and Furukawa Electric (F).

[@SanTM]

Tokyo is genuinely pretty mental/amazing.... such a massive urban sprawl, and I say that as a Londoner.

[@lemonlemon6725]

The historic Jingu Stadium in Tokyo for the Swallows baseball club was one you missed with quite some significance; great video though!

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

My bad. I assumed demolition had already started, but it turns out that some baseball fans are still trying to stop it from happening.

[@jeffreyroah851]

@@TheWideWorldofStadiums We're fighting like hell to save Jingu. It's 97 years old, and still a great place to see a ballgame. All time great Yankees Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig played there in the early 1930s.

[@nanamifan0220]

@@jeffreyroah851Damn? 97 years old??? that’s insane!!! I knew of it as a fan of a idol group that called jingu their home base, but 97 years old?? god i really hope they don’t demolish it. there’s so much history in that.

[@SO_ChanneI]

Kashima Soccer Stadium, located about 1.5 hours from Tokyo (about 40 minutes from Narita Airport), is one of the top soccer stadiums in Japan. Zico once played for the Kashima Antlers team. Thanks to that, Kashima Antlers has become the most successful J-League team (Japan's top soccer league).

[@neilwhitaker6284]

The negative: Too many running tracks! One running track is enough. Now the good, so many great and unique stadiums, both interior and exteriors, I can't pick a favourite or even favourite three! The ones that are great are Belluna Dome normally domes aren't great but love the roof not being attacked to the stands, Yoyuga National Gymnasium, Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Japan National Stadium, Saitama Super Arena, Musashina Forest Sports Plaza, Nippon Budakan, Chiba Port Arena, Saitama Stadium 2002, Ryogoku Kokugikan, Todoroki Arena, Kumagaya Rugby Ground, Ariaki Coliseum. Some really beautiful designs, so many!!!

[@noahtepera9776]

Love the SMU reference when talking about Sumo in Dallas

[@bizmen81]

Another great video! You know how to have great commentary for every stadium even though some blend together! If you need more ideas there are a bunch more US College Hockey arenas, rest of conferences are: Hockey East ECAC (AKA Ivy League) AHA CCHA NCHC Independents (Alaska, Arizona State, Lindenwood, LIU, and Stonehill) and CHA, NEWHA, and WCHA which only feature womens teams.

[@alexandremartins9802]

Great video! Most of these stadiums are good. My favorite is Belluna Dome.

[@christopherrobinmarriott7218]

I legitimately laughed outloud at the "yoko ono" joke. Normally this guys jokes make me groanbut that one was pretty clever haha.. also The Saitama super arena is UH-MAY-ZEEENG

[@frankisfunny2007]

The stadium at 18:00 reminds me of a mix between Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh, 1970-2000), both Yankee Stadiums, and Chase Field (Diamondbacks) here in the US. All in the MLB, for those not familiar with American sports

[@KlassicLoL]

Love these videos

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

Thanks for watching them!

[@matthewwelfare]

Loved it. Wow so many 20000-seater olympic tracks in Tokyo. What about horse racing and other animal racing stadiums. I would also love to see a Sydney vs Melbourne stadiums comparison. If you do and you will. Make sure you use the Penrith Lakes. Plus all the Sydney Motorsport complex pieces. Plus the rugby parks and all NRL grounds. Hordern Pav is in too. You can do it. LYW...

[@shanestanton8]

Please check out ECHL arenas, the level below The AHL

[@dennisud]

More Rugby stadiums than I thought would be there. A few big enough for Australian AND American Football! 👍🏽

[@adammacmillan]

The Lunadome. Outside. Looks like a touch light

[@zweimeterzwerg]

I'd like to see the stadiums of the clubs from the GDR's last season. Cheers from East-Germany!

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

That sounds like an interesting video to make. Thanks for the suggestion.

[@aoimozart]

5:08 Omiya Park Baseball Stadium: Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig played here in 1934.

[@SerjBassist]

11:20 not that close, but Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires is about 2000m away from the airport, and it's not sunken into the ground. When planes are about to land from the north they get really close.

[@romiarkan450]

With so many baseball stadiums without tenants it almost feels like Japan needs to expand the NPB so those ballparks will see frequent use over the year or something

[@jonaingerumolinero454]

Maybe I’m wrong, but I think you missed Meiji Jingu Stadium and the rugby stadium next to it

[@neilwhitaker6284]

I looked those up. Wiki article says the council voted to demolish them in 2019 and rebuild now ones. Perhaps they have done that and the new ones aren't complete yet? Just guessing I don't know.

[@jonaingerumolinero454]

@@neilwhitaker6284 oh yes! You are right. There is a plan lined up. I heard recently they will demolished them both and build a commercial area there with new stadiums right next to it. But it hasn't started yet (at least Meiji Jingu was used last season) and there are a few petitions to stop the process and keep the stadiums

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

Yeah, my bad. I just assumed that the demolition had already started since I heard about the plans so long ago.

[@jonaingerumolinero454]

@@TheWideWorldofStadiums no worries. Great video!!!

[@pool__boy]

Hey tWWoS! I’m going to pose to you a couple queries if you will allow….ya? Great! What’s your name, and will you tell me everything there is to know about your theme song? It’s so cool and never ceases to entertain me. Congrats on 100K

[@andreryan4903]

Your Channel is fucking awesome. Keep going bro.

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

Thanks. Will do.

[@zeroppoint]

missing stadium/arena in this video: - meiji jingu stadium (close to national stadium) - chichibunomiya rugby stadium (close to national stadium) - ariake arena - ariake gymnastic center - tokyo aquatic center

[@josephstork4871]

Those lights are interesting...

[@baslenaerts7766]

I know you’ve done Argentina recently but maybe do this for Buenos Aires? Oh and can you do the stadiums of Serie D in Italy - all 180 teams? People would watch you for 2 hours straight if you can be bothered to talk for 2 hours and have good Wi-Fi to upload a 2 hour video.

[@nghiaminhAFCLover]

Next video: japan rugby league one stadiums

[@adammacmillan]

I would love to go to a. New Japan pro wrestling show at the Tokyo Dome

[@ejleraurbo6832]

some of the stadiums wee used in sentai and kamen rider.

[@sevenred2740]

I have lived in the Shonan Area (next to Yokohama, and still in the Kanto/Tokyo area) for 10 years and I will say the medium sized athletics track stadiums are an absolute plague in Japan. They ARE EVERYWHERE. It’s not just Tokyo either lol. Obviously there are a lot of multipurpose stadiums because space is a premium in Japan but man… I feel for the J-league teams since a lot of them have tracked stadiums which hurts the match day experience. Even the locals agree the tracks suck. Annoyingly, they are sometimes even next door to yet another tracked field with just a smaller amount of seating… WHY? What’s even more annoying is that the biggest events at these stadiums are usually ONLY soccer/football. NOBODY goes to track meets. Even Japanese people.😂 Track and field does not need thousands of stadiums throughout the country. Honestly feels more of a waste of space than having specific stadiums for different sports, because there are so many of them…

[@darkbushido635]

Can you do the B League basketball arenas next? If you don't know, B League is the top tier basketball league in Japan

[@jeremybrahm3326]

Yokohama Arena hosted NBA Regular Season games in 1994.

[@marcelomiranda5996]

Where s Swallows stadium?

[@brockmildon7863]

How about an MLR (major league rugby) stadium video?

[@Drizno]

I come for the stadiums, stay for the witty jokes. Great video

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

Cheers!

[@SuperSirianRigel]

For the ZOZO Marine Stadium you should have made a joke about how Godzilla destroyed it back in the 90's. :P

[@anthony_rivera4735]

Do wnba arenas next

[@neilwhitaker6284]

lol.

[@downnice95]

And now that second tier team is top of the J1

[@ViriuZ7]

How many running tracks do they need?

[@TheLegend27..]

Can you do whl arenas

[@tdyerwestfield]

They sure love everything to be grey.

[@l.everetttalbottjr.275]

The Tokyo Dome. The home of Wrestle kingdom.

[@gordon1545]

Amazed at all those running tracks. Japan doesn't even have a strong record in athletics - in the Olympics they hosted they only won 1 silver and 1 bronze, way behind much smaller countries like Sweden, Canada and the Netherlands. You'd think a big, developed nation with all that infrastructure would be more successful.

[@JMRyan10]

Tokyo Dame - the ONLY SIX star arena in the world.

[@pool__boy]

The saítama super arena looks just like marlins park

[@mikexstad1121]

My eyes are bleeding from athletic tracks

[@kax2137]

Can you make a ekstraklasa stadiums video becose you alredy did 95% of the world lesgse

[@Alexander1933S]

Still waiting for Slovenian Football league.

[@TheNJLegend]

Where's the Tokyo dome

[@h25c1]

Where is Meri-jinju

[@dogsauce22]

do tennis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@h25c1]

Yokohama is a separate city not part of Tokyo.

[@mats7492]

Large german stadiums without a big club..

[@もとのゆき-d7n]

我々の首都圏のスタジアムは一昔前のスタジアムばかりで最新になるはずだったTOKYOOLYMPICのナショナルスタジアムは政治的理由でジダイ遅れの酷い仕様になりました。。。TOKYO兼以外の方がスタジアムはまだマシです。 広島と長崎、そして北海道のベースボールスタジアムが最新のスタジアムとして建設中です。

[@izumisato324]

Not Tokyo, but Japan.

[@Child0fStarSon0fSun]

What's wrong with you and running tracks my friend 😹😹😹

[@AKaan-pr7vz]

Help turkey

[@clemfandango619]

I thought the narrator was such a gent for glossing over the fact that England lost the last Footer world cup final at the Nissan stadium, then he makes a crack about sumo wrestlers taking up the sport. Bad form!

[@izumisato324]

There are so many things that are not Tokyo.Please change the name of the video It's a scam

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

It's the whole metropolitan area.