first time. Two weeks before the start of the 2011 season, the Tōhoku region was struck by the largest earthquake in Japan's history. The quake and the subsequent tsunami devastated the region, including the city of Sendai. Following the event, 47 areas of Miyagi Stadium were identified as needing repairs, with its lighting towers sustaining the most damage. While the stadium was being repaired, the Eagles played their home games at Koshien Stadium and Hotto Motto Field. Baseball returned to Sendai on April 29, when the Eagles played their first game at their home field. An opening ceremony attended by the governor of Miyagi Prefecture Yoshihiro Murai and United States Ambassador John Roos was held before the game. After the disaster, NPB decided to move the final game of the 2011 All-Star Series from Tokyo Dome to Kleenex Stadium, the second time the Eagles hosted the event in four years. The Eagles clinched their first Pacific League title in 2013, making Miyagi Stadium the host of the Final Stage of the Climax Series for the first time and setting up the possibility of holding its first Japan Series games. In preparation for these games, Rakuten spent ¥100 million adding temporary seating to the park to increase its seating capacity for the events. Rakuten won the 2013 Climax Series, allowing Miyagi Stadium to host its first ever Japan Series, which the Eagles went on to win. The temporary stands were eventually dismantled and replaced with permanent seating options. The 2013 Japan Series was the last time the stadium hosted a postseason game, however it was again hosted an All-Star game in 2021, its fourth time. Design and features Miyagi Stadium was first built in the style of a traditional Japanese-style baseball stadium, a facility with symmetrical stands and outfield wall. When Rakuten began renovating the facility in 2004, however, they implemented a "ball park concept" that expanded seating and entertainment options. The plan modified the facility into one that more closely resembles a Major League Baseball stadium. The stadium's Smile Glico Park is modeled after Petco Park's Park at the Park and intended to help attract non-baseball fans to Miyagi Stadium. The transformation of Miyagi Stadium away from a traditional Japanese-style park slowly started a trend in NPB, with Mazda Stadium and ES CON Field following suit in 2009 and 2023, respectively. Capacity From its completion in 1950 until Rakuten began