# Axis Bird Stadium

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{{Short description|Stadium in Tottori, Japan}}
{{Infobox venue
|name=Axis Bird Stadium
|image=300px
|fullname=Tottori Municipal Soccer Field
|former_names='''Tottori Stadium''' (1995-2008)<br>'''Tottori Bank Bird Stadium'''(2008-2020)
|nickname=Axis Bird Stadium
| coordinates            ={{coord|35|27|30|N|134|13|18|E|region:JP_source:kolossus-jawiki|display=title}}
|location=[Tottori, Tottori](/source/Tottori%2C_Tottori)
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 15
|built=1995
|opened=1995
|owner=City of Tottori
|operator=Tottori Prefecture Football Association
|seating_capacity=16,033
|tenants=[Gainare Tottori](/source/Gainare_Tottori)
|dimensions=120 m × 80 m <br/> 131.2 yds × 87.4 yds
}}

The {{nihongo|'''Axis Bird Stadium'''|Axis バードスタジアム}} is a 16,033-capacity [multi-purpose stadium](/source/multi-purpose_stadium) in [Tottori, Tottori](/source/Tottori%2C_Tottori). The stadium is home to [J3 League](/source/J3_League) side [Gainare Tottori](/source/Gainare_Tottori). The stadium hosted [Ecuador's](/source/Ecuador_national_football_team) national selection during the [2002 FIFA World Cup](/source/2002_FIFA_World_Cup).

It was formerly known as '''Tottori Stadium'''. Since April 2008 it has been called '''Tottori Bank Bird Stadium''' for the [naming rights](/source/naming_rights).

The stadium has also hosted [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) games. It is one of the few [soccer-specific stadium](/source/soccer-specific_stadium)s built in Japan before the [2002 FIFA World Cup](/source/2002_FIFA_World_Cup) boom, and as such Gainare Tottori uses it as part of its bid to be promoted to the [J.League](/source/J.League), since their home stadium in [Yonago](/source/Yonago%2C_Tottori) was built for athletics and the town has no money for upgrading it.

{{wide image|Tottori-bird131006-1.jpg|1000px|Panoramic view in 2013}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Tottori Bird Stadium}}
* [http://www.wldcup.com/Asia/stadia/tottori.html The Rising Sun News - Tottori Stadium]

{{Gainare Tottori}}
{{J3 League venues}}

Category:Buildings and structures in Tottori (city)
Category:Football venues in Japan
Category:Multi-purpose stadiums in Japan
Category:Sports venues in Tottori Prefecture
Category:Sports venues completed in 1995
Category:Gainare Tottori
Category:1995 establishments in Japan

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