Everyone's the biggest audience record party, but only last year's winning team failed. What's going on here?
Sep 22, 2025
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It exceeded the first 10 million recorded last year, and has already exceeded 11 million for the first time, and is now looking at 12 million. While a total of 684 games were played until the 21st, 11,684,948 people visited the ballpark and enjoyed it.
Naturally, clubs are screaming joyfully. Most of them are setting a new record for the most spectators in the club's history since last year.
Last year, nine clubs, except for the Lotte Giants, set their own record for the largest number of spectators, but this year it exceeded that record again.
Samsung, which surpassed 1 million spectators for the first time last year, is setting a new record for the largest number of spectators this season. Samsung, whose first 1 million mark exceeded 1.34 million, has 1.54 million this year. It exceeded 1.4 million and 1.5 million for the first time ever. There are still four home games left, so it is highly likely to surpass 1.6 million for the first time in history.
LG, which set a record for the most spectators in a season with 1,397,499 last year, also recorded 1.49 million this season, surpassing last year's record by 100,000. There are still two games left, so I think we'll end it with more than 1.5 million people.
The Lotte Giants, who failed to break the 1.38 million mark recorded in 2009 under Royster last year, recorded 1.46 million in 70 games, finally surpassing it in 16 years. As there are still three games left, Lotte is also expected to surpass 1.5 million.
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The Hanwha Eagles, who have exceeded 1 million for the first time in their history with the new stadium, have 1.16 million in 69 games. Since it has been sold out 58 times, if the remaining four games are sold out, this season will be finished with 1.23 million spectators.
KT Wiz also surpassed 840,000 last year, surpassing 900,000 for the first time ever. If one million people wish carefully, it is currently 930,000 with two games left, so 1 million people failed unfortunately. Still, it will be a meaningful year for KT to grow from Suwon, which was poor, to a place where 1 million people can be seen through various groundbreaking fan marketing.
Kiwoom also broke the record for the largest number of spectators ever, with 820,000 spectators visiting last year, exceeding 800,000 last year.
The NC Dinos are ambiguous. It recorded 749,058 in 73 games last year, and 711,081 in 68 games this year. Since home games will be reduced to 71 games this year, 742,000 people can be arithmetically, which is almost the same as last year. The average number of spectators is 10,457, more than 12,61 last year, but it is regrettable that the number of games is two less.
The only team that fell short of last year's crowd is the KIA Tigers, last year's winner. Last year, 1.25 million people enjoyed baseball at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, but this season, only 1.02 million people visited in 66 games. Last year, it was a sell-out procession at the end of the season, but this year, as the possibility of the semifinals decreases, the number of spectators decreases toward the end of the season, increasing the audience's decline to 6%. There are five games left, but it is unclear whether it will be able to exceed 1.1 million.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
