World Memorial Hall (ワールド記念ホール, Wārudo Kinen Hōru) or World Hall is a multi-purpose arena located in the Chūō-ku Ward of Kobe, Japan. It has a maximum capacity of 8,000 people and is optimized for large-scale meetings, sport events, trade shows and concerts. It is located on the artificial island of Port Island, along with numerous convention centers, hotels and universities.
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History
From the en.wikipedia article World Memorial Hall (CC BY-SA 4.0), revision 1372252718.
Notable Events
Cosmopolis Show 1985 opening arena used for Olympics training* September 6, 1990, Depeche Mode performed as part of the World Violation Tour Host of the official 1991 Asian Basketball Championship Since 2003, Dragon Gate has held their largest show of the year, Kobe Puroresu Festival, at the venue in July. March 12, 2005, Avril Lavigne performed as part of her Bonez Tour. December 6, 2007, Daft Punk performed Alive 2006/2007. September 22, 2009: The Black Eyed Peas performed as part of their The E.N.D. World Tour. December 31, 2010: Luna Sea performed their first New Year's Eve "countdown concert", as part of their 20th Anniversary World Tour Reboot -to the New Moon- reunion tour. 24, September 25, 2011: 2NE1 NOLZA Tour (2011) June 2, 2012: 2012 Shinhwa Grand Tour in Japan: The Return – the comeback concert of South Korean boy band Shinhwa, after a four-year hiatus due to mandatory military service. Since 2012, New Japan Pro-Wrestling has held their annual September Destruction pay-per-view at the venue. 9, February 10, 2013: Girls' Generation, Girls & Peace: 2nd Japan Tour 17,August 18, 2013: SHINee, Shinee World 2013 7, September 8, 2013: T-ara Japan Tour 2013: Treasure Box 15, October 16, 2013 : Backstreet Boys performed during their In A World Like This Tour. 19, November 20, 2013: B.A.P 1st Japan Tour: Warrior Begins 23, November 24, 2013: Kara's 2nd Japan Tour 2013 March 29, 2014: Lionel Richie All Night Long Tour 2014. 23, 24, May 25, 2014: Girls' Generation, Girls' Generation Japan 3rd Tour 2014 12, July 13, 2014: 2NE1 AON: All Or Nothing World Tour 2014 4, August 5, 2015: Junho from 2PM, 3rd Solo Tour 2015: LAST NIGHT 18, 19, December 20, 2015: Girls' Generation, Girls' Generation's Phantasia 26, 27 & December 28, 2015: BTS, 2015 BTS LIVE <花樣年華 on stage> Japan Edition 20, February 21, 2016: iKON, iKONCERT 2016: Showtime Tour January 22, 2017: Guns N' Roses, Not in This Lifetime... Tour 15, 16, February 18, 2017: Seventeen, 'LIKE SEVENTEEN – Shining Diamond' in Japan CONCERT 19, August 20, 2017: Aqours, "Aqours 2nd Love Live! HAPPY PARTY TRAIN TOUR" 20, June 2018: Bullet Train, "Sweetest Battlefield Arena Tour 2018" 12, 13, October 14, 2018: Twice, Twice 1st Arena Tour 2018 "BDZ" 12, January 13, 2019: Red Velvet, Red Velvet 2nd Concert "REDMARE" 2, February 3, 2019: GOT7, GOT7 ARENA SPECIAL 2018–2019 "Road 2 U" May 5, 2019: FTISLAND, FTISLAND FIVE TREASURES LIVE TOUR 2019 June 2, 2019: Rizin 16 – Kobe September 1, 2019: Iz*One – IZ*ONE 1st Concert "Eyes On Me" 11, June 12, 2022: Stray Kids – Stray Kids 2nd World Tour "Maniac" in Japan 4, October 5, 2022: NiziU - NiziU Live with U 2022 "Light It Up" 15, October 16, 2022: The Boyz - "THE BOYZ JAPAN TOUR : THE B-ZONE" 21, 22, 24, December 25, 2022: Treasure – Treasure Japan Arena Tour 2022–2023 23, February 24, 2023: Ive - Ive The 1st Fan Concert <The Prom Queens> in Japan 3, June 4, 2023: The Boyz - "THE BOYZ 2ND WORLD TOUR : ZENERATION" June 10 and 11, 2023: Kep1er -JAPAN CONCERT TOUR 2023 'FLY-BY' July 30 and 31, 2024: BabyMonster- BABYMONSTER PRESENTS: SEE YOU THERE November 3 and 4, 2024: Atarashii Gakko! - Nippon Calling Tour 2024
Sources
- Wikidata entity Q8035957.
- en.wikipedia, World Memorial Hall (revision 1372252718), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- ja.wikipedia, ワールド記念ホール (revision 111013721), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photograph: World Memorial Hall.JPG on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, by KishujiRapid.
