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Q. Which city was Koshien Stadium modeled after?
a. Osaka
b. New York
c. Tokyo
d. Nagoya
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- a.大阪4.2%(11票)
- b.ニューヨーク92.7%(241票)
- c.東京1.5%(4票)
- d.名古屋1.5%(4票)
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The correct answer is b. New York.
On Kansai TV’s “KANSAI That Kansai People Don’t Know,” aired on Tuesday, January 4, Akira Ikegami talked about the history behind the birth of “Koshien Stadium.”
*Quoted from Akira Ikegami’s Kansai People Don’t Know | Kansai TV official website
- Hanshin Electric Railway planned to build a dream resort city centered around Koshien Stadium and earn revenue from train fares.
- They sent employees on business trips to New York to study there.
- They learned about the design and operation of facilities such as the cutting-edge amusement destination “Coney Island,” the “Polo Grounds,” home of the NY Giants, and “Yankee Stadium,” home of the NY Yankees.
So it seems Koshien Stadium was built with New York as its model～Did you know that～??
There were also sites like this↓↓
*Quoted from Weekly Baseball Online official website
Weekly Baseball Online also stated that
Hanshin Koshien Stadium (hereafter Koshien) was built based on the Polo Grounds, which was used as the home field by teams such as the New York Giants.
So after all, Koshien Stadium really was built with New York as a reference～
