Akita Northern Gate Square

39°42′53.2″N 140°07′49″E / 39.714778°N 140.13028°E / 39.714778; 140.13028Elevation10 m (33 ft)^[1]Public transit Japan Railway Akita StationOwnerEast Japan Railway CompanyOperatorEast Japan Railway CompanyAcreage7,358 m² (79,200 sq ft)　SurfaceHardwoodScoreboard BodetConstructionBroke groundJune 6, 2018OpenedDecember 17, 2019Construction costJPY 2billion^[2]ArchitectJR East Design Corporation, Environment Design InstituteMain contractorsDaiichi Kensetsu Co., LTD.TenantsJR 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.^[3] 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^[4]
• NBA-style locker rooms^[5]
• Running course
• Sannoh Gakuen Nursery school

Gallery

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

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