Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium

{{Short description|Former stadium in Tokyo}}

{{More footnotes|date=October 2019}}

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| stadium_name = Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium

| nickname = Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium

| image = 1933_Meiji_Jingu_Sports_Festival_01.jpg

| caption = Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium in 1933

| fullname = Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium

| location = Tokyo, Japan

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| broke_ground = 1 March 1922

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| opened = 1 January 1924

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| closed = 31 December 1956

| demolished = 31 December 1956

| owner = Meiji Shrine

| operator = Meiji Shrine

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| former_names = Nile Kinnick Stadium

| tenants = 1930 Far Eastern Games

| seating_capacity = 65,000

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{{nihongo|Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium|明治神宮外苑競技場}} was a multi-use stadium in Tokyo, Japan, that could hold up to 65,000 spectators. It was the main venue for the 1930 Far Eastern Games. During the Allied occupation of Japan, from 1945 to 1952, it was renamed Nile Kinnick Stadium by the Eighth Army in honor of the winner of the 1939 Heisman Trophy.{{cite news |agency=International News Service |date=July 17, 1946 |title=Tokyo Stadium Renamed for Nile Kinnick |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114185338/tokyo-stadium-renamed-for-nile-kinnick/ |work=Muncie Evening Press |place=Iowa City, Iowa |publication-place=Muncie, Indiana |access-date=December 5, 2022}} The stadium was demolished to make room for Tokyo Olympic Stadium in 1956.