Pro Baseball DeNA 11 games to host Yokohama Stadium, home 17 April, 07:07
Due to the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics by one year and the spread of the new coronavirus, the professional baseball team DeNA will be hosting 11 games scheduled for June to August at the Tokyo Dome, Niigata City, etc. Announced to do.
Yokohama Stadium was the venue for baseball and softball at the Tokyo Olympics, and DeNA was unable to play a match at their home base before and after the event.
For this reason, the three consecutive games between Hanshin and Chunichi in late June will be held at Tokyo Dome, two giants in mid July to the ZOZO Marine Stadium in Chiba, and three Yakult in mid August to Niigata. It was planned.
However, in addition to the 1-year postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, it was difficult to take measures to prevent the infection of the new coronavirus required by specialists at local stadiums, and announced that 11 games in total will be held at Yokohama Stadium.
DeNA commented, "We apologize for the inconvenience and inconvenience to our customers who have been looking forward to holding the game, but we appreciate your understanding."
In addition, Yakult, whose home base, Jingu Stadium, was supposed to be used as a place for storing materials for the Olympic Games, also postponed the tournament. I announced that I will do it in.