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| The opening match between NC and KIA at Gwangju KIA Champions Field on the 22nd, and the girl group Stacey's performance before the game is taking place. Gwangju = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.03.22/ |
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From early morning, enthusiastic baseball fans gathered by train, bus, and car from all over the country joined. The KBO League sold out all games before the opening game.
The opening game of the regular season between the KIA Tigers and the NC Dinos was held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd. The confrontation between KIA, the unified championship team last year, and NC, which is about to make its official debut, drew a lot of expectations even before the opening. The game sold out all 20,500 seats at 12:25 p.m., about an hour and a half before the start of the game. Starting this year, KIA will sell some tickets on-site for the digital underprivileged, and even all on-site sales have been sold out, recording a sellout. Internet reservations were already sold out as soon as they opened.
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| The KBO League exhibition game between KIA and Samsung held at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on the 15th. KIA manager Lee Bum-ho watching the game. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.03.15/ |
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On the high-speed train from the Seoul metropolitan area to Gwangju, many baseball fans wearing KIA uniforms and cheering tools stood out from less than 8 a.m. Some fans looked excited, saying, `I had a hard time getting a ticket, so I got to take the train early to the home game.'
Not only Gwangju, but all five stadiums nationwide sold out. SSG Landers officially announced early this morning that all seats were sold out. SSG will play the regular season opener against the Doosan Bears at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the same day, and as of 10 a.m., 23,000 seats, which is the standard of sale, were sold out, marking the third consecutive year of home opening.
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| The opening match between Hanwha and KT at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 22nd. Hanwha Um Sang-baek is greeting KT manager Lee Kang-chul with pleasure. Suwon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.. 3.22/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd. LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop is having an interview. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.22/ |
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The opening match between the Lotte Giants and the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul also sold out 23,650 seats early, and the opening match between the Kiwoom Heroes and the Samsung Lions at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu also sold out 24,000 seats.
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the KT Wiz at KT Wiz Park in Suwon was also sold out without exception. Wizz Park announced 18,700 seats sold out.
KBO said a total of 109,950 tickets were sold at five stadiums, and all were sold out. It has continued to sell out all games in the opening game for the third consecutive year in the KBO League, ranking second in the record of the largest number of spectators in the opening game.
The record for the largest number of spectators in the opening game is 114,021 on March 23, 2019, and this year's opening game record of 109,950 is second by about 5,000 people. This is the seventh time that all stadiums in the opening game have been sold out (when all games were held without cancellation games).
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
