Hiroshima Municipal Stadium (1957)


First Hiroshima Municipal Stadium was a stadium in Hiroshima, Japan. It was primarily used for baseball, and was the home field of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. It opened in 1957 and held 31,984 people.
It stood in the central area of Hiroshima across from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial.
To replace the stadium, the new municipal stadium was completed in March 2009. The first stadium was renamed Former Hiroshima Municipal Stadium on April 1, 2009, and used for amateur baseball. The first municipal stadium was closed on September 1, 2010.
The stadium disuse bylaw was concluded by the Hiroshima municipal assembly in June 2010 and the stadium was slated for demolition. In October of the same year, stadium memorabilia was auctioned off and demolition started on November 29. It was completed on February 28, 2012, leaving only a portion of the right field stands to be preserved for future generations.

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