On the 29th, Lotte announced that Lotte Co., Ltd., which is also part of the Lotte Group, has been selected as the naming rights partner for ball park, indoor practice facility, and bullpen at Miyakonojo Sports Park in Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Prefecture, which will be the site of the team's 2026 spring training camp.
After the contract is signed, the nicknames for each facility will be put into use from February 1, 2026. The naming rights contract period is scheduled to run from February 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027. This is the first time that a naming rights system will be introduced at Miyakonojo Sports Park.
▼ Target facility/nickname
・Miyakonojo Sports Park ball park: Koala March Stadium (size: 99m left and right field, 122m center fielder, seating capacity: 3,000 infield, 3,000 outfield)
・Miyakonojo Sports Park Indoor Stadium: Pie Dome (area: 4,464.73m2)
・Miyakonojo Sports Park pitch Practice Field: Coolish bullpen (area: 723.43m2)
*The athletics stadium and tennis courts within Miyakonojo Sports Park are not included in this naming rights offer.
▼ Comment from Miyakonojo Mayor Yoshinaga Ikeda
"We are deeply grateful to Lotte Co., Ltd., with whom we have a relationship through our professional baseball camps, for proposing this wonderful nickname. The city will strive to maintain a facility environment that is worthy of the nickname, and we hope that the new nickname will help promote our city even more. We also hope that the nickname will become established and that the facility will become even more familiar to many citizens."