How Lotte solved its first-ever away home game, with electricity, water, and water, NC paying the profits of the canteen

Apr 11, 2025

How Lotte solved its first-ever away home game, with electricity, water, and water, NC paying the profits of the canteen
A game between the NC Dinos and Kiwoom Heroes at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 6th. Before the start of the game, NC players are paying a silent tribute to the victims of the Changwon NC Park facility fall. Yonhap News



NC Dinos can't play home games at home. They have to find alternatives and play home games at alternative stadiums.

The NC Dinos will play three consecutive home games against the Lotte Giants at Sajik Stadium in Busan for three days from the 11th. Initially, the game was scheduled to be held at NC's home stadium, Changwon NC Park, but the safety diagnosis has not yet been completed due to the death and injury of the spectators due to the fall of the structure, so the game has not been held normally.

At 5:17 p.m. on the 29th of last month, a 20-year-old spectator A was seriously injured in the head and died on the 31st of last month after being hit by a structure that crashed from a wall about 17.5 meters high near the third base of NC Park. In this accident, A's younger brother, teenage spectator B, fractured his collarbone, and another spectator C suffered a trauma to his leg. According to police and others, the structure that fell was about 2.6 meters long and 40 centimeters wide, and it was investigated as aluminum 'ruber', weighing about 60 kilograms. On the day of the accident, Lover fell down for unknown reasons, hit the ceiling of the canteen once, and then crashed to the floor below.




On the 3rd, the NC club, Changwon City, and Changwon Facilities Corporation decided to jointly respond to the safety inspection of Changwon NC Park and prompt measures to prevent recurrence while forming a joint task force to deal with the accident.

How Lotte solved its first-ever away home game, with electricity, water, and water, NC paying the profits of the canteen
Changwon NC Park in Masanhoewon-gu, Changwon-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, on the afternoon of the 1st. Yonhap News
NC recruited outside safety agencies over two days on the 1st and 2nd to complete the inspection of 230 louvers inside and outside the stadium, and communicated with Changwon Facilities Corporation on the 8th to remove three louvers at NC Park with high risk. The louvers removed are one external louvers between GATE 3 and 4 and two internal louvers around where the accident occurred. Although the report on the results of the safety diagnosis has not yet been completed, the measure was taken in consideration of civil anxiety about the safety of the stadium.

NC, which had been scheduled to hold six consecutive home games in Changwon from the 11th, started looking for an alternative stadium as the safety diagnosis was not completed. First of all, Lotte's three consecutive games will be held at Sajik Stadium in Busan, Lotte's home. But it's a home game like an away game. Instead of paying the stadium's usage fee separately, NC will pay the water and electricity taxes incurred during the three consecutive games. Lotte, which lends the stadium, decided to take the profits generated during the three consecutive games.




There are many difficulties in advertising that have already been contracted. NC decided to use some LED billboards and electronic boards that can be replaced quickly, including the catcher's rear seat, to expose advertisements contracted for home games. Existing advertisements attached to the rest of Sajik Stadium cannot be removed, so the game is left alone.

How Lotte solved its first-ever away home game, with electricity, water, and water, NC paying the profits of the canteen
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NC is in the process of discussing advertising and ticket revenue with the company. It is also discussing how refunds will be made to Changwon home game season holders.

For now, the Doosan Bears' three consecutive games, which were scheduled to be held in Changwon on April 15-17, have been postponed to be held later.




The key is that we are not yet sure exactly when the safety diagnosis will be completed. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has issued an official letter to Changwon City and Changwon Management Corporation on emergency safety diagnosis, and it is expected to be around the 25th of this month at the earliest. If additional maintenance work is carried out, the period may be extended. After the safety diagnosis by the company is completed, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport should move next. By completing the approval process for the official letter quickly, the timing can be adjusted, such as what measures to take for NC Park and when permission to use 'safely' can be dropped.

Of course, the NC club also reiterated its intention to take maximum safety measures as an unimaginable major accident occurred. There are a lot of factors to solve as well as the stadium problem. I think it's going to be a part I have to carry throughout this season.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.