Communicate opinions to Changwon City, which will invest 134.6 billion won over 20 years, needs additional review due to lack of effectiveness, concreteness, and performance.
Aug 26, 2025
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NC delivered '21 requests' to Changwon City in June, and Changwon City informed NC of its response. NC delivered its review and conclusion to Changwon City on the 24th.
Changwon City announced that it would invest a total of 134.6 billion won over the next 20 years to accept the club's requests, but the NC team judged that Changwon City's proposal was lacking in terms of immediacy, effectiveness, concreteness, and performance rather than the size of the input amount and said it will continue to discuss with Changwon City.
Lee Jin-man, CEO of NC, said "The club is grateful for Changwon City's efforts and willingness to support it. However, we will continue our discussions with Changwon City until we have measures in terms of the immediacy, effectiveness, concreteness and implementation of improving the environment for watching games and improving the training environment for the team that fans can feel."
It was judged that there was a lack of immediacy for securing facilities dedicated to the 2nd Army. The timing of securing exclusive facilities for the 2nd Army is scheduled for 2031 and 2033, and variables such as whether or not to pass the central investment screening of local finances between 6-8 years exist, so it is necessary to shorten the overall period, prepare specific schedules, and plan for the operation of the national and provincial budgets.
The securing of new parking spaces near the baseball stadium proposed by Changwon City was considered to be lacking in practical effect. The 952 parking spaces announced by the city already have many fixed parking vehicles, making it impossible to resolve the parking shortage of actual game visitors, and the place where additional security is promoted is far from the ballpark, so the effect is weak in terms of accessibility and convenience. NC said "It is essential to secure a parking lot near the ballpark at a level that fans can feel."
In addition, considering the transportation conditions of Changwon City, which does not have an urban railroad, there is also an effectiveness problem in public transportation accessibility, such as taking more than an hour by bus to the ballpark in some areas, including Seongsan-gu. Rather than simply increasing the number of seats, they demanded practical measures such as the establishment of express seats and direct and transfer routes.
In addition, it is difficult to guarantee the effectiveness of railroad line expansion and time extension as they are currently at the stage of suggestions to related agencies. He said alternatives such as high-speed and charter bus operation and tourism product development linked to professional sports viewing are also needed.
NC, which considered it lacking a detailed action plan on how much, when, what procedures, and how to spend it, expressed doubts about the feasibility of Changwon's announcement, citing the precedent that the agreement with Changwon City was not implemented in the past. Since Changwon City canceled the agreement signed with Changwon City when the club was founded in 2011, there are reliable concerns about whether the plan can also be implemented unless specific commitments or institutional arrangements are prepared. This time, the club demanded an institutional arrangement and commitment to ensure practical execution.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
