Daktronics goes big for Giants Town Stadium

Set to open on 1 March 2025, the new Giants Town Stadium in Yanokuchi, Inagi City, incorporates a Daktronics video display, show control system and custom control solution. It will serve as the core facility of Tokyo Giants Town, which is currently under development and located adjacent to the Yomiuri Land Amusement Park, by the Yomiuri Shimbun Tokyo head office, Yomiuri Giants baseball team and Yomiuri Land.

The full video display measures 6.7m x 18m (HxW) and features 10mm pixel spacing to deliver image clarity and contrast to fans throughout the stadium. It is capable of variable content zoning allowing it to show all the game-day information expected at live events.

In addition, the project also includes the installation of two auxiliary cables, one measuring 1.28m x 2.24m (HxW), with the other measuring 1.92m x 2.24m (HxW). These will show supplemental game information to support the main display and expand the visual experience for fans at the stadium. The Daktronics show control system and a custom control solution will power the displays for game-day presentations.

Giants Town Stadium is a three-story artificial turf stadium with a middle field of 122m and two wings of 100m, the same distance as the Tokyo Dome, with a sub-field. There will be approximately 2,900 seats, including “excite seats” that extend out onto the ground on the first- and third-base sides on the first floor, plus natural grass seats in the outfield.

On the second and third floors, the stands will have four rows of seats to bring the spectators closer to the field. Similarly to the Tamagawa Ground in Ota Ward, Tokyo, which was the Giants' exclusive stadium from 1955 to 1998, the aim is to create a place where fans and players can interact easily.