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\"NOEVIR<\/p>\n

Key facts<\/h3>\n

Club: Vissel Kobe | Opening: 2001 | Capacity: 30,132 seats<\/p>\n

History and description<\/h3>\n

NOEVIR Stadium Kobe, also known as Kobe Wing Stadium, was built to serve as one of the playing venues of the 2002 FIFA World Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The stadium opened in October 2001, and could initially hold 42,000 spectators.\u00a0During the 2002 World Cup, Kobe Wing Stadium hosted three first round group matches.<\/p>\n

After the World Cup, temporary seating got removed and a new retractable roof got installed. This reduced capacity to just over 30,000 seats.<\/p>\n

In 2007, the stadium got renamed Homes Stadium Kobe following a naming rights sponsorship deal. In 2013, a new sponsorship deal resulted in the name NOEVIR Stadium Kobe.<\/p>\n

How to get to NOEVIR Stadium Kobe<\/h3>\n

NOEVIR Stadium Kobe is located in the south of the city of Kobe at roughly 5 kilometres from the central business district.<\/p>\n

The stadium can be reached with the Kobe subway. Station Misasikoen, which is on the blue Kaigan Line, lies a 5-minute walk away from the stadium. The Kaigan line connects NOEVIR Stadium Kobe directly with the central business district further north (station Sannomiya).<\/p>\n

From Shin-Kobe railway station, where the Shinkansen trains arrive, catch a\u00a0subway train on the Seishin-Yamate line south and change at station Shinnagata onto the Kaigan line.<\/p>\n

Address:\u00a01-2-2 Misaki cho Hyogo-ku, Kobe City<\/p>\n