Nagoya, Japan, January 8, 2024: Members of the OCA Coordination Committee were taken on their first official venue tour as part of the first OCA Coordination Committee meeting for the 20th Asian Games 2026 in Nagoya on Monday.
The OCA CC members were shown various venues, both competition and non-competition, during a two-bus journey with representatives of organising committee AINAGOC.
The tour began at the Prince Hotel Nagoya Sky Tower, which has been proposed as the NOC HQ Hotel, and continued with the Nagoya Convention Hall, which occupies three floors of the hotel. With 170 rooms, the Prince Hotel, which opened in 2017, is being considered as the accommodation for the Chefs de Mission and team officials, incorporating associated services.
The tour then went past Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium, which is under construction and will be the main venue for the 20th Asian Games featuring the opening and closing ceremony and the athletics competition.
The new venue will have a capacity of 30,000, with 5,000 temporary seats available for the ceremonies.
The final port of call was the Toyoda Gosei Memorial Gymnasium, known as Entrio. The venue has a capacity of 3,000 seats and will be one of the two venues for the handball competition at the 20th Asian Games.
OCA CC members were able to check the court, the spectator seating and the facilities for athletes.
The first OCA CC meeting will continue on Tuesday.