Nagano Olympic Stadium

E38344

Olympic stadium multi-purpose stadium sports venue

Nagano Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose sports venue in Nagano, Japan, best known for hosting the opening ceremony of the 1998 Winter Olympics.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Nagano Olympic Stadium canonical	8
Nagano 1998 Winter Olympic venues	1
Nagano Olympic Commemorative Stadium	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T295111 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Nagano Olympic Stadium
Context triple: [1998 Winter Olympics, openingCeremonyVenue, Nagano Olympic Stadium]

A. Kyocera Dome Osaka
Kyocera Dome Osaka is a large, multi-purpose indoor stadium in Osaka, Japan, best known as a prominent professional baseball venue and major concert and event site.
B. Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Yoyogi National Gymnasium is a landmark sports and event arena in Tokyo renowned for its distinctive suspension roof design by architect Kenzo Tange and its role as a major Olympic and cultural venue.
C. Miyashita Park
Miyashita Park is a redeveloped urban park and shopping complex in Shibuya that combines green space, sports facilities, and commercial areas atop a multi-story building.
D. Beijing National Stadium
Beijing National Stadium, also known as the "Bird's Nest," is a landmark sports arena in Beijing famous for hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics and major international events.
E. War Memorial Gymnasium
War Memorial Gymnasium is an on-campus arena at the University of San Francisco best known as the longtime home of the university’s basketball programs.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Nagano Olympic Stadium
Target entity description: Nagano Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose sports venue in Nagano, Japan, best known for hosting the opening ceremony of the 1998 Winter Olympics.

A. Kyocera Dome Osaka
Kyocera Dome Osaka is a large, multi-purpose indoor stadium in Osaka, Japan, best known as a prominent professional baseball venue and major concert and event site.
B. Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Yoyogi National Gymnasium is a landmark sports and event arena in Tokyo renowned for its distinctive suspension roof design by architect Kenzo Tange and its role as a major Olympic and cultural venue.
C. Miyashita Park
Miyashita Park is a redeveloped urban park and shopping complex in Shibuya that combines green space, sports facilities, and commercial areas atop a multi-story building.
D. Beijing National Stadium
Beijing National Stadium, also known as the "Bird's Nest," is a landmark sports arena in Beijing famous for hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics and major international events.
E. War Memorial Gymnasium
War Memorial Gymnasium is an on-campus arena at the University of San Francisco best known as the longtime home of the university’s basketball programs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic stadium ⓘ multi-purpose stadium ⓘ sports venue ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Nagano Olympic Commemorative Stadium ⓘ linked to: Nagano Olympic Stadium
architecturalStyle	open-air bowl ⓘ
capacity	about 35,000 ⓘ
capacityDuring1998WinterOlympics	about 50,000 ⓘ
city	Nagano ⓘ
climate	cold winter climate suitable for Winter Olympics ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
governingBody	City of Nagano ⓘ linked to: Nagano
hasFeature	athletics track ⓘ baseball field ⓘ lighting for night games ⓘ scoreboard ⓘ
hasScoreboardType	electronic scoreboard ⓘ
hasSeatingType	combination of fixed seats and temporary seating ⓘ
hasSurface	natural grass ⓘ
isOutdoorFacility	true ⓘ
legacyUse	community events ⓘ regional sports events ⓘ school sports meets ⓘ
locatedIn	Asia ⓘ Chūbu region ⓘ Honshu ⓘ Nagano ⓘ Nagano Prefecture ⓘ
notableEvent	closing ceremony of the 1998 Winter Olympics ⓘ opening ceremony of the 1998 Winter Olympics ⓘ
olympicFunction	ceremonies venue ⓘ demonstration sports venue ⓘ
olympicGames	1998 Winter Olympics ⓘ
openedForUse	1998 Winter Olympics ⓘ
openingDate	1997 ⓘ
owner	Nagano City ⓘ linked to: Nagano
partOf	1998 Winter Olympics venues ⓘ
prefecture	Nagano Prefecture ⓘ
primaryUseAfterOlympics	baseball ⓘ
region	Chūbu region ⓘ
tenant	Nagano Olympic Commemorative Stadium baseball teams (local and amateur) ⓘ
transportAccess	served by local bus routes in Nagano ⓘ
usedFor	athletics ⓘ baseball ⓘ concerts ⓘ football ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1998 Winter Olympics → openingCeremonyVenue → Nagano Olympic Stadium ⓘ

1998 Winter Olympics → closingCeremonyVenue → Nagano Olympic Stadium ⓘ

1998 Winter Olympics → mainStadium → Nagano Olympic Stadium ⓘ

XVIII Olympic Winter Games → mainStadium → Nagano Olympic Stadium ⓘ

XVIII Olympic Winter Games → openingCeremonyVenue → Nagano Olympic Stadium ⓘ

XVIII Olympic Winter Games → closingCeremonyVenue → Nagano Olympic Stadium ⓘ

Nagano Olympic Stadium → alsoKnownAs → Nagano Olympic Commemorative Stadium ⓘ

linked to: Nagano Olympic Stadium

Nagano → hasLandmark → Nagano Olympic Stadium ⓘ

Nagano → hasSportFacility → Nagano Olympic Stadium ⓘ

M-Wave Arena → isPartOf → Nagano 1998 Winter Olympic venues ⓘ