Yahuoku! Dome will be renamed Paypay Dome before the beginning of the next baseball season. The managing company, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, is one of the subsidiaries of SoftBank Group Corp., which is also a major shareholder of Paypay Corporation. The company intends to promote the smartphone payment service backed by the popularity of its local professional baseball team. Sources say that the company has already notified Fukuoka City about the renaming and an official announcement will be made shortly. Source: Mainichi Shimbun, 10/30/2019
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