| Nices Arena | |
| Logo Image: | Nices.png |
| Fullname: | Yurihonjo General Disaster Prevention Park[1] |
| Location: | 18 Tajirino, Ishiwaki, Yurihonjo, Japan |
| Pushpin Map: | Japan Akita Honjo#Japan Akita Prefecture#Japan |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Broke Ground: | March 18, 2016 |
| Opened: | October 1, 2018 |
| Owner: | The City of Yurihonjo |
| Operator: | Mizuno Sports Service |
| Scoreboard: | Daktronics LED centerhung scoreboard |
| Cost: | JPY10.8 billion[2] |
| Architect: | Azusa Sekkei |
| Main Contractors: | Sato Kogyo |
| Capacity: | Concert:5,000 Basketball:4,000 |
| Dimensions: | 16,967 sqm |
| Tenants: | Prestige International Aranmare Akita Akita Northern Happinets |
| Website: | https://sports-service.mizuno.jp/facilities/yurihonjo/ |
| Parking: | 1,000 spaces |
Nices Arena (ナイスアリーナ) is a multi-use indoor arena in Yurihonjo, Akita.[3] Groundbreaking and construction began on March 18, 2016, and opened in October 2018.[4] The arena's parking lot can hold 1,000 cars. Yurihonjo city introduced the Daktronics high-definition LED centerhung display[5] for the second time in the prefecture. "EXPERIENCE THE DAKTRONICS DIFFERENCE" was the very first message on this HD video set. There is no ribbon displays and "see through" shot clocks. It is named after the supermarket Nices based in Akita city. The store pays JPY3.1 million annually for the naming rights.[6]
It is announced that the city will add 480 new seats in 2020.[7] The budget is 100 million yen.
The largest crowd to ever gather at the Nices Arena was on December 7, 2019, for Badminton S/J League games, with a reported attendance of 4,100.[8] The record for a basketball game is 3,825, set on March 3, 2019, when the Osaka Evessa defeated the Happinets 88–73.[9] [10]