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  2. Nagano Olympic Stadium (長野オリンピックスタジアム, Nagano Orinpikku Sutajiamu) is a baseball stadium in Nagano, Nagano, Japan. It was used for the opening and closing ceremonies for the 1998 Winter Olympics. The stadium holds 35,000 people. The stadium is the finishing point for the annual Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon.

  3. For the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, a total of fourteen sports venues, all within Nagano Prefecture, were used. Construction of these venues, and of the Olympic Stadium which hosted the ceremonies, began in 1990 and lasted until 1997, with construction and land costs totaling 106.6 billion yen.

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    Nagano first attempted to host the Winter Olympics in 1940, but lost out to Sapporo. Those Olympics were abandoned in 1937, when Japan invaded China for the second time, forcing Sapporo's withdrawal. The city tried again for the Winter Olympics in 1968 in 1961, but lost out in domestic voting to Sapporo who in turn lost out to Grenoble, France in 1...

    Kazakoshi Park Arena in Karuizawa gave the city its distinction as the only first to ever host both Summer and Winter Olympic events (Several venues for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were reused when the city hosted the Winter Olympics 14 years later.). Weather was a major role in the outdoor events. Heavy rain at the Spiral cancelled the sec...

    M-Wave Arena hosted the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in 2004. The arena hosted the World Single Distance Championshipsin 2000 and 2008. The Spiral hosted the skeleton portion of the FIBT World Championships in 2003. The following year, the venue hosted the FIL World Luge Championships, the only time the championships have taken place in...

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    Location. Satellite view. Big Hat is the most central of the venues of the 1998 Winter Olympics that were constructed in the city of Nagano, approximately 2 km south of Nagano Station. White Ring, the venue for the figure skating and short track speed skating is a further 3.5 km south.

  5. Feb 21, 2018 · Nagano Olympic Stadium. This is now the centrepiece of the Minami Nagano Sports Park, which includes a pool and gymnasium. The 35,000-seat stadium operates as a home for baseball, with matches held every weekend between March and November, and evening training sessions during the week in the winter.

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