Lifestyle / Sports Facility / Big Swan
		Niigata Stadium Big Swan is the biggest sports facility in Niigata city containing 42,300 seats. The opening game of 2002 FIFA World cup TM was held here on July 1st and the concert of SMAP, one of the popular J-pop groups, was also held August 30th this year. You can enjoy watching soccer games, rugby games and track-and-field events. Parks and Toyano lagoon are near to Big Swan. Many people can be seen on holidays even if games and events are not held. Some are jogging around the park, some are playing in the park, some are just relaxing and watching the lagoon. A lot of swans visit the lagoon from Siberia and people enjoy watching swans during winter. The people having engaged in constructing this facility wished the stadium to be as close to the hearts of the users as the poeple in Niigata love swans and made of swan's-wings-shape roof. This is the reason why this stadium is called as Big Swan.
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