Lotte Co., Ltd., a member of the Lotte Group, has been selected as the naming rights partner for ball park, indoor practice field, and bullpen at Miyakonojo Sports Park in Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Prefecture, where Chiba Chiba Lotte Marines will hold their first-division spring training camp this year. This marks the first time that a naming rights system will be introduced at Miyakonojo Sports Park.

As a result, from February 1st of this year to March 31st of next year, ball park within the park will be renamed "Koala's March Stadium," the indoor stadium will be renamed "Pie no Mi Dome," and pitch practice field will be nicknamed "Coolish bullpen." The athletics stadium and tennis courts are not included in the naming rights.

▼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."

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