How can this happen? Hanwha, which has 17,000 seats, has more spectators than KIA, which has 20,000 seats, so the speed of the sprint exceeded 9 million today. It's faster than 8 million last year.

Aug 08, 2025

How can this happen? Hanwha, which has 17,000 seats, has more spectators than KIA, which has 20,000 seats, so the speed of the sprint exceeded 9 million today. It's faster than 8 million last year.
The match between the Hanwha Eagles and the Samsung Lions at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 30th. Korean fans, who filled the stands, are cheering enthusiastically. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.30/



How can this happen? Hanwha, which has 17,000 seats, has more spectators than KIA, which has 20,000 seats, so the speed of the sprint exceeded 9 million today. It's faster than 8 million last year.
A game between Hanwha and KIA held at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on the 6th, and information on all seats is shown on the electronic display. Gwangju = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.06/
How can this happen? Hanwha, which has 17,000 seats, has more spectators than KIA, which has 20,000 seats, so the speed of the sprint exceeded 9 million today. It's faster than 8 million last year.
Dusan-LG match held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 7th. As LG won 4-3, the cheering squad is enjoying the joy of spraying water toward the fans in the stands. Jamsil = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.7/
Now, only 1 million people are left, the second 10 million people after last year.

On the 8th, the KBO League will surpass 9 million for the second time, surpassing at a tremendous speed compared to last year.

A total of 81,563 spectators visited Jamsil (Doosan-LG), Incheon (Samsung-SSG), Daejeon (KT-Hanwha), Busan (KIA-Lotte), and Changwon (Kium-NC) on the 7th, recording a total of 8,989,176 spectators.




If the number of spectators exceeds 18,824 on the 8th, it will surpass 9 million for the second time since last year.

Last year, it exceeded 9 million in 610 games, but this year it will surpass 528 games. The figure is down 82 games. Since there were more than 8 million people in 542 games last year, this year, the number of games exceeded 9 million, which is less than 8 million last year.

The Samsung Lions are currently ranked No. 1 in spectators. It is already approaching last year's crowd. It was joined by 1,212,294 spectators in 53 games. It has 22,873 players per game. Last year, Samsung recorded 1 million spectators for the first time in the club's history, with a whopping 1,347,022 spectators. Samsung, which will play 71 games at home this season, has 18 games left, and if the current trend continues, it can expect to surpass 1.6 million for the first time ever.




LG Twins ranked second with 1,144,502 in 54 games and 21,194 on average. The Lotte Giants are following quickly. He has 1,157,705 players in 55 games and an average of 21,049. LG and Lotte seem to be competing for second place in the crowd at a time when the No. 1 ranking is actually being decided by Samsung.

How can this happen? Hanwha, which has 17,000 seats, has more spectators than KIA, which has 20,000 seats, so the speed of the sprint exceeded 9 million today. It's faster than 8 million last year.
Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 3rd. Lotte fans, who filled the third-base stands, are cheering hotly. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.3/
How can this happen? Hanwha, which has 17,000 seats, has more spectators than KIA, which has 20,000 seats, so the speed of the sprint exceeded 9 million today. It's faster than 8 million last year.
The game between the Lotte Giants and the LG Twins at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 3rd. Lotte fans, who filled the stands, are cheering enthusiastically. Busan = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.03/
How can this happen? Hanwha, which has 17,000 seats, has more spectators than KIA, which has 20,000 seats, so the speed of the sprint exceeded 9 million today. It's faster than 8 million last year.
The match between KIA and Lotte at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 25th. KIA fans, who filled the third base stands, are cheering hotly. Busan = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.25/
Fourth place is Doosan Bears. His performance is in ninth place, but his audience performance is not behind. It attracted 1,071,928 fans in 54 games and 19,851 fans on average.

SSG Landers ranked fifth with 903,213 in 52 games and 17,369 on average.




6th place is an extraordinary event. That's exactly what the Hanwha Eagles went up. He recorded a total of 877,661 and an average of 16,878 in 52 games, surpassing the KIA Tigers (845,060 in 51 games and an average of 16,570).

Hanwha's new stadium, Daejeon Hanwha Life Ball Park, has 17,000 seats, and Gwangju Kia Champions Field, which KIA uses, has 20,500 seats, a difference of 3,500 seats per game. Nevertheless, Hanwha is almost selling out every game with tremendous fan enthusiasm with a 99.3% seat share. Hanwha, which has already exceeded the club's all-time crowd of 804,204, which was recorded last year, is looking to surpass 1 million spectators for the first time in the club's history this season.

This year, a total of seven clubs are expecting to surpass 1 million spectators. If the current trend continues, it is natural to exceed the 10,887,705 recorded last year, and it is expected to exceed the first 11 million and 12 million.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.