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{{Short description|Soccer venue in Yokohama, Japan}}
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[[Image:MTcompleteview.jpg|thumb|Complete view to Marinos Town]]
{{nihongo|'''Marinos Town'''|マリノスタウン|Marinosu Taun}} was a [[football (soccer)]] venue in [[Yokohama]], [[Japan]]. The official name is "'''[[Yokohama F Marinos|Yokohama F.Marinos]] MM21 Training Center'''". It was the head office and training facility of the Yokohama F.Marinos. It was located in the [[Minato Mirai|Minato Mirai 21]] ([[Nishi-ku, Yokohama|Nishi-ku]]) area of Yokohama. The closest station to Marinos Town was [[Shin-Takashima Station]] on the [[Minato Mirai Line]].

Before moving to Marinos Town, the Yokohama F.Marinos trained in Totsuka training center ([[Totsuka-ku, Yokohama|Totsuka-ku]]) and had their front office at Shin-Koyasu ([[Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama|Kanagawa-ku]]). This was considered to be detrimental to the smooth running of the club.

The construction plan was announced on November 29, 2004. Work start of training [[Association football pitch|pitches]] and shops on June 17, 2006, and other facilities on January 27, 2007.  This new training facility has the clubhouse, front office and training pitches all in one location to aid communication between players and staff.  In addition, it is more conveniently located near to [[Yokohama Station]] and Shin-Takashima Station for easy fan access.  Marinos Town also contains a number of [[futsal]] pitches which are available for public hire.

However, some controversy has been caused by the building of Marinos Town.  The large expense of the project has meant that the finances of the team have become stretched.  Supporters of the club point to the release of players such as [[Tatsuhiko Kubo]], [[Daisuke Oku]] and [[Antonio Monteiro Dutra|Dutra]] as proof of this.  Indeed, there is a certain amount of displeasure directed towards chairman Shigeo Hidaritomo because of these problems.

== Facilities ==
* Area: about 45600m²
* Front office and clubhouse
* Four pitches (two [[Lawn|natural turf]], two [[artificial turf]])
* Training slope
* Stands (2043seats)
* Yokohama F.Marinos official goods shop "TRICOLORE ONE" 
*[[Italy|Italian]] [[restaurant]] "IVI"
*[[Convenience store]] "[[Lawson (store)|LAWSON]]"
*[[Parking]]

==External links==
{{commons|Marinos Town}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070308162905/http://www.f-marinos.com/club/marinostown/ Marinos Town](Japanese)

{{Yokohama F. Marinos}}
{{The City Football Group}}

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[[Category:Yokohama F. Marinos]]
[[Category:Sports venues in Yokohama]]
[[Category:Defunct football venues in Japan]]
[[Category:City Football Group]]

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