Stadium are more than just places to play. They also have the potential to revitalize communities.

The J. League understands this and has encouraged its domestic professional clubs and local administrations to build better, more attractive venues.

Last year, Suita City Football Stadium, widely known as Suita Stadium, opened as the new home for the J1's Gamba Osaka and the magnificence of the 40,000-seat stadium, which was built at a much cheaper cost than other new Japanese stadiums in recent years, had a big impact for the league's stadium construction boom moving forward.