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{{Short description|Indoor sporting arena in Japan}}
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{{Infobox venue 
|stadium_name = Ariake Coliseum
|image=Ariake Tennis no Mori Kōen 1.jpg
|image_size=260px
|location=[[Kōtō]], [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|broke_ground = 1985
|publictransit = [[File:Yurikamome line symbol.svg|18px]] '''[[Yurikamome]]'''<br>at {{STN|Ariake-tennis-no-mori|x}}<br>{{RKLS|size=20}} '''[[Rinkai Line]]'''<br>at {{STN|Kokusai-Tenjijō|x}}
|opened = 1987
|construction_cost =
|owner = Tokyo Metropolitan Government
|tenants = [[Japan Open (tennis)|Japan Open]] (1987–present)<br>All Japan Tennis (1987–present)<br>[[Nichirei International Championships]] (1990–1996)<br>[[Toyota Princess Cup]] (1997–2002)<br>[[Tokyo Apache]] ([[bj league]]) (2005–2009)<br>[[FIVB World Grand Prix]] (2006–2007)<br>[[FIVB World League]] (2008–2009)<br>[[Toray Pan Pacific Open]] (2008–present)<br>[[2020 Summer Olympics]]
|seating_capacity = 10,000
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Ariake Coliseum'''|有明コロシアム|Ariake Koroshiamu}} is an [[indoor arena|indoor sporting arena]] in [[Ariake Tennis Park]] located in [[Ariake, Tokyo|Ariake]], [[Kōtō]], [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. It has a capacity of 10,000 and is one of the few professional tennis venues which has a [[retractable roof]].

When Ariake Coluseum first opened, it had no roof, but its sliding roof was installed in April 1991, making it the first stadium in Japan with a retractable roof, and the third overall after the [[Rod Laver Arena]] in Melbourne and the [[SkyDome]] in Toronto.<ref name="shisetsu">{{Cite web |url=https://www.tptc.co.jp/cms/park/pages/park/02_03/court/01/01.pdf |title=Facility Guide for Ariake Tennis Park |publisher=Tokyo Port Terminal Corporation |accessdate=2024-07-28 |format=pdf |language=ja}}</ref>

==Events==
[[File:Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics - venue.jpg|thumb|left|During 2020 Summer Olympics]]
The arena is used as the center court for the [[Japan Open (tennis)|Japan Open]] and the [[Pan Pacific Open]], held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park.

This venue will also host [[Road FC]] 24, instead of [[Ryogoku Kokugikan]].

The venue also hosted the [[tennis]] events for the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Venue Plan |url=http://tokyo2020.jp/en/plan/venue/index.html |publisher=Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee |access-date=8 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727040849/http://tokyo2020.jp/en/plan/venue/index.html |archive-date=27 July 2013 }}</ref>

In 1995, Fuji TV's hit cooking show ''[[Iron Chef]]'' held its 1995 World Cup there, with the court converted into an outdoor version of Kitchen Stadium. Iron Chef Japanese [[Rokusaburo Michiba]] won the four-person single elimination tournament to determine the best chef in the world, with the other participants being [[Pierre Gagnaire]], Gianfranco Vissani and Xu Cheng.

This was also the homeground arena for [[Pro Wrestling NOAH]] from the year 2000 with the Destiny event. Since then, they had been doing shows actively until 2015.

==See also==
* [[List of tennis stadiums by capacity]]

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Tokyo Apache]]
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