offseason, the temporary stands were removed and the area was redeveloped into a "park within a park" to further push Rakuten's "ball park concept". Named Smile Glico Park for sponsor Ezaki Glico, the resulting recreation area accommodates approximately 7,000 people and includes amusement attractions and game seating. The highlight of the park is a 16 gondola, 36-metre-tall ferris wheel from which fans can watch the game that was requisitioned from the closed Sendai Hi-Land amusement park. A merry-go-round and a playground were added to the park, as well as other temporary attractions such as a climbing wall and a double-decker bus. Fans have access to the amusement area with purchase of a ticket to an Eagles game, however individual tickets to Smile Glico Park are also sold separately and on non-game days. In 2020, a café building was converted into a small, 4-room, Eagles-themed hotel named Rakuten STAY x EAGLES. in the park is also open to reservations for both game and non-game days. Rakuten opened a thrill ride at the top of the stands on the third base side in 2018. The ride, dubbed the "Eagle Bridge", consisted of two beams suspended above the ground, one to walk across and another with a swing affixed to the end. In addition to being available during game days, the attraction was also operated on non-game days when Smile Glico Park was open despite not being located within the Glico Park. Eagle Bridge was dismantled before the 2020 season. Rakuten renovations Miyagi Stadium is the third-oldest of twelve NPB stadiums and the oldest in the Pacific League. Other than the addition of lights in 1973, the stadium's only other significant renovation was the reconstruction of the stands directly behind home plate to include individual seats in 1984. By 2004, the 54-year-old ballpark still featured simple bench seating down the first and third baselines, and the outfield section was a lawn with no formal seating. The playing field had a dirt infield and short distances down the right and left field foul lines to the outfield wall. The outfield scoreboard installed prior to the 1973 season still displayed team batting lineups via old-fashioned panels with players’ names hand-painted on them. Renovations to the aging facility were an important part of the selection process when NPB was in talks with Livedoor and Rakuten to form new teams to be based in Miyagi Stadium. Prior