CNA Arena Akita

The Akita Municipal Gymnasium (秋田市立体育館, Akita Shiritsu Taiikukan), currently known as CNA Arena Akita (CNAアリーナ★あきた) for sponsorship reasons, is an arena in Rinkai-area, Akita, Japan. It is owned and run by the city.^[2]

Akita Municipal Gymnasium
CNA Arena Akita

CNA Arena
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Location	Akita, Japan
Coordinates	39°43′32.3″N 140°5′15.7″E
Parking	382
Owner	Akita city
Operator	Akita city
Capacity	5,000: basketball
Field size	24,276.88 m2
Surface	Birch flooring
Construction
Opened	April, 1994
Construction cost	JPY3.8 billion[1]
Architect	Toyokazu Watanabe [ja]
Structural engineer	Kawasaki Architect Structural Engineers
Main contractors	Konoike Construction
Tenants
Akita Northern Happinets (2016-present) Yonex Akita Masters (2018-present)

Cable Networks Akita (CNA) acquired its naming rights in 2015.^[3] The silver-colored building opened in 1994 and holds 5,000 people.^[4] The gym has a dome-shaped 154 feet height ceiling, and added 2,088 extra seatings in 2016.^[5][6][7] It is the home arena of the Akita Northern Happinets of the B.League, Japan's professional basketball league. The biggest basketball court in Akita is Akita Prefectural Gymnasium.

Facilities

• Main arena - 2,540m² （63.5m×40m）
• Sub arena - 863m² （38.0m×22m）
• Table tennis room - 324m²
• Multi-purpose hall - 324m²
• Running course - 810m²

Sports Events

CNA Arena has hosted the following sports events:

• 2001 World Games - Acrobatic gymnastics, Aerobic gymnastics, Rhythmic gymnastics, Dancesport, Trampoline gymnanastics
• National Sports Festival of Japan - Gymnastics (2007)
• bj League All-Star Game (2014)
• Akita Masters

Sports events at former municipal gymnasium in Sannoh

• All-Japan Artistic Gymnastics Championships 20–23 November 1964,^[8] Akita City-born Yukio Endō won gold medals in individual all-around, silver medals in floor exercise, rings, vault, horizontal bar and bronze medal in parallel bars

Gallery

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  View from Rinkai road
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  Sub Arena
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  The Happinets Powerhouse
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  Main Arena
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  Panoramio photo
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  Satellite view
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  Aerial view of former Akita Municipal Gymnasium in 1975 (39°43′7.9″N 140°06′17.1″E)

Drops of water

On January 9. 2018, it leaked on the court floor, and the basketball game was delayed.^[9] Other roof leaks are also reported.^[10]

Attendance records

The record for a basketball game is 4,951, set on November 30, 2022, when the Happinets defeated the Alvark Tokyo 83-69.^[11]

Access

Chuo Kotsu bus

• From Akita Station: Akita Chūō Kōtsū [tl] for Rinkai Eigyosho, Kenritsu Pool. Get off at Shiritsu Taiikukan-mae.