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Ferris Wheel Spins Baseball Fans, Offers Target For Batters

Fans got to cheer on the Rakuten Eagles professional baseball team in a new way on May 3, 2016 from the gondolas of a spinning Ferris wheel erected just behind the left field bleachers of the team’s home stadium in Sendai, Japan. Built at a cost of about 200 million yen ($1.8 million), the 36-meter-tall Ferris wheel offers a bird’s-eye view of Rakuten Kobo Stadium Miyagi as well as a view of the Sendai cityscape. Batters have been offered a reward of 1 million yen in Rakuten shopping points for reaching the Ferris wheel with a home run shot. It would have to be a lofty drive, according to a Rakuten team representative, since the Ferris wheel is about 170 meters from home plate.
Fans got to cheer on the Rakuten Eagles professional baseball team in a new way on May 3, 2016 from the gondolas of a spinning Ferris wheel erected just behind the left field bleachers of the team’s home stadium in Sendai, Japan. Built at a cost of about 200 million yen ($1.8 million), the 36-meter-tall Ferris wheel offers a bird’s-eye view of Rakuten Kobo Stadium Miyagi as well as a view of the Sendai cityscape. Batters have been offered a reward of 1 million yen in Rakuten shopping points for reaching the Ferris wheel with a home run shot. It would have to be a lofty drive, according to a Rakuten team representative, since the Ferris wheel is about 170 meters from home plate.
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Credit:
The Asahi Shimbun Video
Editorial #:
530451308
Collection:
The Asahi Shimbun Video
Date created:
May 03, 2016
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Rights-ready
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Clip length:
00:00:30:19
Location:
sendai, Japan
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QuickTime 8-bit Photo-JPEG HD 1920x1080 29.97p
Source:
The Asahi Shimbun Video
Object name:
20160503ferriswheel.mov