You're singing and dancing? Newcastle visited Gocheok Dome → Drenched in a different baseball culture
Aug 01, 2025
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Eight players, including Newcastle's main goalkeeper John Ruddy, and club officials visited Gocheok Sky Dome on the 1st.
The first game of the weekend series between Kiwoom and Lotte Giants was held at Gocheok Dome. Newcastle players sat at the table on the first floor, enjoying the cool air-conditioning wind, and were immersed in Korean baseball culture.
As of 7:41 p.m. on Friday, all 16,000 seats were sold out. It is Kiwoom's 20th home sellout this season.
It's literally a new record march. Kiwoom's most sold-out in a season since the relocation of Gocheok Dome was 15 times last year, and the most sold-out in Heroes' history was 18 times in 2012 (Mokdong Stadium, 12,500 seats).
Baseball fans, who filled the first-base home team, the third-base away team's cheering seats, as well as the table and outfield seats, showed off their passion for cheering.
Newcastle players previously visited Seoul to play against the K League All-Star in the Coupang Play Series, and after the game, they also visited Gocheok Dome while enjoying a few days of sightseeing in Seoul. During the game, the announcer shouted in-house, "'Welcome Newcastle United players' in the introduction of the VIP.
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Then "It's really fun to come to Korea and experience various things. Before coming to the ballpark, I heard that fans cheered really loudly in Korea. In addition, each player has a cheering song, and fans sing and dance accordingly, so I became interested."
Rudy said "When I came to the scene and saw it in person, the fans' cheering sound was louder than I thought. That's amazing. "I hope there will be a lot of home runs in today's game."," he stressed.
As of the end of the fifth inning, Kiwoom Alcantara and Lotte's Lee Min-seok faced off as starters, a fierce 0-0 pitching competition is taking place.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
