Jamsil KIA-LG match sold out! '847,887' A new era of professional sports has been opened in South Korea
Aug 18, 2024
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The KIA Tigers-LG Twins match at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th was sold out at 4:47 p.m., 1 hour and 13 minutes before the start of the game. Home team LG announced that all 23,750 tickets were sold.
As a result, the KBO League recorded 8.407,887 cumulative spectators, surpassing the record number of spectators (840,688) set in 2017.
In the meantime, the 2024 KBO League has been rapidly attracting spectators, beating all-time spectator records one by one since July. On July 14, it reached 6.48 million, surpassing the 10th-ranked 6.44 million recorded in 2013, and three days later, on July 17, it reached 6.54 million in 451 games, exceeding 6.5 million in 2014, the most watched nine-team system.
On July 28, when 492 games were played, it exceeded 7.17 million, breaking the record of 7.15 million spectators in 2012 under the eight-team system. At that time, it was a record collected during 532 games, but this year, it exceeded 492 games, showing off its fast pace.
On August 1, when 15 more games were played, it easily surpassed 7.42 million, the fifth-largest and first-ever season of 7 million, in 2015, and surpassed 8.1 million in 553 games on the 14th, beating the 8.07 million in 2018 and last year's 8.1 million, the third-place record.
And on the 17th, he surpassed the second-highest record in 2016, 8.33 million, and was in front of the first-place 8.4 million. At the game on the 18th, he finally set a new record.
ppark@sportschosun.com
