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{{Short description|Demolished stadium in Japan}}
{{For|the football (soccer) stadium|Nagai Stadium}}
{{Expand Japanese|大阪スタヂアム|date=August 2014}}
{{infobox stadium
|stadium_name = Osaka Stadium
|image=Osaka studium air 1985.jpg
|location = [[Naniwa-ku, Osaka]], Japan
| broke_ground        = {{Start date and age|df=y|1950|1|9}}
| built =  {{Start date and age|df=y|1950|1}}
| opened = {{Start date and age|df=y|1950|9|12}}
|closed={{Start date and age|df=y|1998|11}}
| demolished = {{Start date and age|df=y|2000}}
|owner=Osaka Stadium Corporation
| surface             = Grass
|architect =Junzo Sakakura
|tenants= [[Nankai Hawks]] (1950–1988)<br/>[[Kintetsu Pearls]] (1950–1957)<br/>[[Yosho Robbins]] (1953–1954)
|seating_capacity = 31,379
|dimensions= Left and Right Field – 91.5 m <br/>Left and Right Center – 109.7 m <br/>Center Field – 115.8 m <br/>Backstop – 18.3 m 
}}
{{nihongo|'''Osaka Stadium'''|大阪球場||lead=yes}}, owned by {{nihongo|Osaka Stadium Corporation|大阪スダヂアム興業株式会社}}, was a [[stadium]] in [[Naniwa-ku, Osaka]], Japan.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Niehaus |editor1-first=Andreas |editor2-last=Tagsold |editor2-first=Christian |title=Sport, Memory and Nationhood in Japan: Remembering the Glory Days |date=2013 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9781135712167 |page=89}}</ref> It opened in 1950, with a capacity of 32,000 people. It was built over the site of a red-brick tobacco plant which was destroyed during the [[bombing of Osaka]] during World War II. The stadium was torn down in 1998 and was replaced by the office and shopping complex of [[Namba Parks]] in several stages, with final construction ending in April 2007.{{cn|date=October 2019}}

The stadium was primarily used for [[baseball]] and was home of the [[Nankai Hawks]] until they moved to the [[Heiwadai Stadium]] in [[Fukuoka]] (subsequently becoming the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, and are now the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks) in 1988.{{cn|date=October 2019}}

[[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] kicked off her [[Who's That Girl World Tour]] at the stadium with two sold-out concerts on June 14 and 15, 1987. They were her first concerts in Japan.{{cn|date=October 2019}}

[[Michael Jackson]] concluded the first leg of his [[Bad World Tour]] at the stadium, with three consecutive sold-out shows on October 10–12, 1987.{{cn|date=October 2019}}

== Gallery ==
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File:Osaka studium air 1985.jpg|Osaka stadium in 1985 from air, taken by [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan)|MLIT]].
File:Osaka Stadium.jpg|Osaka stadium in 1988, (Taken from the right field)
File:Osaka Stadium 1989.jpg|Scoreboard and backstand from the left field in 1989.
</gallery>

== References ==
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==See also==
*[[Namba Parks]]

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