'102,0235' Gwangju Kia Champions Field Sets New Record for Highest Spectators After Opening!
Sep 03, 2024
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The home team KIA Tigers announced on the 3rd that 13,089 people entered the game against the LG Twins. As a result, the cumulative number of spectators reached 1026,235, surpassing the record of the largest number of spectators (1,024,830) since the opening of Kia Champions Field in 2017. Gwangju Kia Champions Field, which opened in 2014, is the record for the largest number of spectators in a season and the largest number of spectators since the foundation of KIA.
Kia Champions Field, built on the site next to Mudeung Stadium in Gwangju, attracted attention as the latest stadium with a major league-style structure when it opened with 20,500 seats. It is the first big league stadium in 10 years since Munhak Stadium (currently SSG Landers Field) opened in 2004. Since then, it has become a reference model for Daegu Samsung Lions Park and Changwon NC Park.
This season's Kia Champions League was a place that proved the success of the KBO League.
Until April 20, less than a month after the opening, 152,414 people entered 10 home games. On May 25, it sold out for the 11th time, recording the highest crowd record since the opening of Kia Champions Field. On June 2, he also tied the record for the most consecutive games (6 games) for the club, including when he was in a no-field. The club's record of 10,000 spectators (21 games) is also only one game away.
KIA led the way and the box office fever peaked at the record for the largest number of spectators since the opening of Kia Champions Field.
ppark@sportschosun.com
