{"id":173338,"date":"2025-09-30T11:59:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T02:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173338&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-09-30T11:59:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T02:59:16","slug":"rizing-zephyr-to-open-new-arena-in-2029","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/rizing-zephyr-to-open-new-arena-in-2029\/","title":{"rendered":"Rizing Zephyr To Open New Arena In 2029"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basketball club Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka will build a new 6,000-seat arena in Fukuoka\u2019s Higashi Ward, scheduled to open in March 2029. The four-story facility will include luxury suites and an eight-meter video screen. Construction begins in August 2026 on a 14,000-square-meter site in Kashiiteriha, where the team\u2019s current facilities are located. Meeting arena standards is a key step toward joining the new B.League Premier, set to launch in autumn 2026. With sufficient attendance and revenue, Rizing Zephyr could qualify as early as the 2029 season.<\/span><b> Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/r-zephyr.com\/news\/detail\/id=18947\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rizing Zephyr<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173334\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fnn_rizing-new-arena_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C874&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rizing Zephyr To Open New Arena In 2029\" width=\"1400\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fnn_rizing-new-arena_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fnn_rizing-new-arena_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fnn_rizing-new-arena_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C639&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fnn_rizing-new-arena_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C479&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basketball club Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka will build a new 6,000-seat arena in Fukuoka\u2019s Higashi Ward&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173338","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-higashi-ku","news-category-sports","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}