DyDo Drinco Ice Arena
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The DyDo Drinco Ice Arena (ダイドードリンコ アイスアリーナ) is an indoor sporting arena located in Nishitōkyō, Tokyo, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. The arena opened in 1984. It has a capacity of 3,500 people (2,482 seated and 1,018 standing). It was the home ice of the now defunct Seibu Prince Rabbits
Seibu Prince Rabbits
The were an Asia League Ice Hockey team based in Nishitōkyō City in Tokyo, Japan that was folded in 2009. The Rabbits played at the DyDo Drinco Ice Arena from 2006-07 to 2008-09...

, an Asia League Ice Hockey
Asia League Ice Hockey
Asia League Ice Hockey is an association which operates a professional ice hockey league based in East Asia, with seven teams from Japan, China, and South Korea. The league is headquartered in Japan...

 team.

The beverage company DyDo acquired the naming right of the arena, originally named , in 2006.

The arena is located in front of Higashi-Fushimi Station
Higashi-Fushimi Station
is a train station in Nishitōkyō, Tokyo, Japan.- Adjacent stations :...

, a station of the Seibu Shinjuku Line connecting Shinjuku, Tokyo
Shinjuku, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative center, housing the busiest train station in the world and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration center for the government of Tokyo.As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population...

 with Kawagoe, Saitama
Kawagoe, Saitama
is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and is about a 30-minute train ride from Ikebukuro in Tokyo.As of July 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 343,926...

. The line is operated by Seibu Railway
Seibu Railway
is a conglomerate based in Tokorozawa, Japan, with principal business areas in railways, tourism and real estate. Seibu Railway's operations are concentrated in northwest Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture; the name "Seibu" is an abbreviation of "west Musashi," referring to the historic name for this area...

, the owner of the arena and the Prince Rabbits team.
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