IT giant DeNA and Keihin Electric Railway will build a new 10,000-capacity arena on land adjacent to Keikyu Kawasaki Station in Kawasaki City, which will serve as a new home for a local professional basketball team. announced plans to
DeNA and Keihin Electric Railway held a press conference at a hotel in Kawasaki City on the 3rd, and a complex facility centered on an arena with a capacity of 10,000 people on a site of 12,400 square meters adjacent to Keikyu Kawasaki Station. announced plans to build
The arena will be the new home of the Kawasaki Brave Thunders, a professional basketball team operated by DeNA. We are aiming to open in October.
DeNA chairman Tomoko Nanba said, "We would like to take advantage of the best location near Haneda Airport to create a project that connects Kawasaki with the world."
Yukihiro Kawamata, president of Keikyu Corporation, said, "Arena is a very powerful content, and it is a chance to change Kawasaki Station as a whole."
Regarding the construction of the arena, a male student who attends a high school near the planned construction site said, "I like basketball, so I would like to go see a game when it is completed."