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, also called , is the home field of the Seibu Lions professional baseball team located in Tokorozawa, Saitama,^[1] Japan.
The stadium has a roof over the field and the stands like other indoor ballparks, but it lacks wall behind the stands so that natural air comes into the field. It makes this stadium only-one domed ballpark that "Out of the park home run" could take place.
The stadium was built in 1979 without the roof and named as the new home field of the Lions that moved from Fukuoka to Tokorozawa that year. The installation of the roof was took place in two phases in the two offseasons between the 1997 and 1999 seasons. At the beginning of the 1998 season, the stadium was renamed Seibu Dome although the domed roof had not completed yet.
On March 1, 2005, the stadium was named as Invoice Inc. bought the naming right of the stadium for coming two seasons.
Upon expiration of the previous contract, on January 1, 2007^[2], the name was changed again to Goodwill Dome to reflect the sponsorship of Goodwill Group, Inc. The naming right contract with Goodwill is effective for five years.
Although Seibu Dome is still the official name of the stadium, the stadium and media use the sponsored name almost exclusively.^[3]
The stadium is located in front of Seibukyūjō-mae Station, the terminal station of the Seibu Sayama Line railway (a branch of the Seibu Ikebukuro Line connecting Tokorozawa with Tokyo) and the Seibu Yamaguchi Line people mover. Both lines are operated by Seibu Railway, the owner of the stadium and the Lions.

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References

1. SEIBU RAILWAY Tourist Guide　web page Information of a Seibu group
2. Goodwill Press release December 5, 2006 ('Japanese web site')
3. goodwill history

External links

★ Seibu Dome Official Site