is an indoor sports arena, located in Nagoya, 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...

. From April 1, 2007, its name was changed to Nippon Gaishi Hall, to reflect the sponsorship of the NGK Insulators

NGK Insulators

is a Japanese ceramics company. It primarily produces insulators but also produces other products, especially ceramic products. It is listed on the Nikkei 225, which is an index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It is also listed in the Osaka Securities Exchange, the Nagoya Stock Exchange, and the...

. The capacity of the arena is 10,000 people.

The hall hosted some of the group games for the 2006 Volleyball World Championship

2006 Volleyball World Championship

The 2006 FIVB Men's World Championship was held in Japan from 17 November, 2006 to 3 December, 2006. Like the previous edition, 24 teams participated in the tournament. Brazil won the Tournament , defeating Poland 3:0 in the final match...

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It hosted Dream 16, the mixed martial arts promotion in Japan on September 25, 2010. The card was headlined by a triple main event, as Shinya Aoki takes on Marcus Aurelio in a Lightweight non-title match, MMA legend Kazushi Sakuraba met Jason "Mayhem" Miller and Tatsuya Mizuno vs. Gegard Mousasi vied in the Dream Light-Heavyweight Grand Prix Final. The card was broadcast live by HDNet at 2AM US Eastern time.

External links

• Official site (Japanese)