34 degrees Celsius + 90% humidity heat wave → 20,500 seats full in Gwangju! 3G Back-to-back sell-out procession...16th sold out this year.

Jul 06, 2025

34 degrees Celsius 90% humidity heat wave → 20,500 seats full in Gwangju! 3G Back-to-back sell-out procession...16th sold out this year.
Lotte-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 6th. Kim Tae-gun, with the bases loaded with one out, hits a timely RBI in the bottom of the second inning. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.6/



KIA Tigers' storm surge called out a huge fan explosion. Even the stifling heat could not stop fans from visiting the baseball scene.

Game 3 of the weekend series between the KIA Tigers and the Lotte Giants at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 6th sold out 20,500 tickets as of 7:30 p.m.

On this day, Gwangju was literally a heat wave, with a maximum temperature of 34 degrees Celsius and humidity reaching 90% during the day. The wind was only about 1 m/s, literally full of hot air like a screen. Even though I took each step, it was hard to breathe in the moisture surrounding everywhere. Even players who are accustomed to the steamy weather were suffering, with NC Dinos Park Min-woo being replaced by a heat disease at other stadiums.




However, his love for KIA and baseball was stronger than anything else.

It is a match between two teams competing for the league's most popular teams, KIA and Lotte, and the enthusiasm for baseball at the Gwangju site has hit the sky recently as KIA has been on a stormy rise. In particular, Kia's batting line exploded in the previous day's game and won a whopping 13-0 victory, so the expectation for the game was even greater.

34 degrees Celsius 90% humidity heat wave → 20,500 seats full in Gwangju! 3G Back-to-back sell-out procession...16th sold out this year.
Lotte-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 5th. KIA won 13-0. The players are giving high fives. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.5/
From the central table seat to the Tigers' family seats at both ends of the left and right, the second floor and the outfield were packed thoroughly. In addition to the KIA cheering seats at first base, Champions Field was mostly filled with KIA fans except for the away cheering seats at third base.




It is Kia's 16th home sellout this year. As a result, all three games in this series, which were played as the "Mini Hoyoung (Honam Yeongnam) Grand Festival", were sold out.

KIA, led by head coach Lee Bum-ho, won the Korean Series last year with the leadership of the team. This year, it seemed to be struggling at the beginning of the season, but it showed off its explosive rise while key players such as Na Sung-beom, Kim Sun-bin and Lee Eui-ri were out due to injuries, adding to the victory the previous day to reach the second place for the first time this year.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.