CNA Arena Akita
The Akita Municipal Gymnasium, currently known as CNA Arena Akita for sponsorship reasons, is an arena in Rinkai-area, Akita, Japan. It is owned and run by the city.
Cable Networks Akita acquired its naming rights in 2015. The silver-colored building opened in 1994 and holds 5,000 people. The gym has a dome-shaped 154 feet height ceiling, and added 2,088 extra seatings in 2016. It is the home arena of the Akita Northern Happinets of the B.League, Japan's professional basketball league. The biggest basketball court in Akita is Akita Prefectural Gymnasium.
Facilities
- Main arena - 2,540m2 （63.5m×40m）
- Sub arena - 863m2 （38.0m×22m）
- Table tennis room - 324m2
- Multi-purpose hall - 324m2
- Running course - 810m2
Sports Events
CNA Arena has hosted the following sports events:- 2001 World Games - Acrobatic gymnastics, Aerobic gymnastics, Rhythmic gymnastics, Dancesport, Trampoline gymnanastics
- National Sports Festival of Japan - Gymnastics
- bj League
- Akita Masters
Sports events at former municipal gymnasium in Sannoh
- All-Japan Artistic Gymnastics Championships 20–23 November 1964, Akita City-born Yukio Endō won gold medals in individual all-around, silver medals in floor exercise, rings, vault, horizontal bar and bronze medal in parallel bars
Drops of water
On January 9. 2018, it leaked on the court floor, and the basketball game was delayed. Other roof leaks are also reported.Attendance records
The record for a basketball game is 4,951, set on November 30, 2022, when the Happinets defeated the Alvark Tokyo 83-69.Access
- From Akita Station: for Rinkai Eigyosho, Kenritsu Pool. Get off at Shiritsu Taiikukan-mae.