Daejeon Baseball Stadium, where the Hanwha Eagles and Samsung Lions played on the 3rd and 4th of this month, was packed to capacity. For two consecutive days, 12,000 tickets were sold out. According to a club official, 13,000 seats were the standard for a full house until last year, when the outfield seats were converted into reserved seats, reducing the number by 1,000. On the third day, the tickets were sold out one hour and 12 minutes before the start of the game and 48 minutes after the start of the game on the fourth day. It was the first time in four years that the Hanwha players played in front of a full house since 8 June 2019 against the LG Twins.메이저사이트
Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, where the Lotte Giants and KIA Tigers played a three-game weekend series. On Saturday, the third day, 22,990 people attended the game. A total of 65,000 people enjoyed the different ‘Lotte Baseball’ over the three days. This season, Lotte has sold out five home games as it battles for first place.
Even the game between Lotte and Kiwoom Heroes at the Gocheok Dome in Seoul on 27-28 May was filled with 16,000 seats for two consecutive days.
As the COVID-19 era passes and popular teams perform well, baseball stadiums are overflowing. As of the 5th, the average attendance per game in the KBO League is 11,230. This is a 30% increase from the same point last year. SSG Landers 14,600
people, Lotte is second with 13,742, and Hanwha is 10th with 7330.
Nippon Professional Baseball is recovering just as quickly as the KBO.
Last year, the average attendance for both the Central and Pacific leagues was 24,558, but this year it was 28,077 through five days. The Central League increased from 28,222 to 32,057 in 2022, and the Pacific League increased from 28,895 to 23,944.
The Hanshin Tigers are leading the charge in the Central League. Their 29 home games (including one at the Osaka Dome) at Nishinomiya Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture attracted 118,3069 net attendance. The average attendance is 40,795. This is an increase of 4,000 per game from the 36,370 recorded in 72 games last season.
The Koshien Stadium, which hosted an interleague game against the Chiba Lotte Marines on the 5th, drew 36,780 fans. This was despite the game being played on a Monday night, and Japanese sports publication Daily Sports called it a “phenomenal crowd mobilisation by Hanshin”. The game was played on Monday after the first day of the three-game weekend series on June 2 was cancelled due to rain. The game ended in a 7-7 tie after 12 extra innings, the longest in Nippon Professional Baseball this year, lasting five hours and seven minutes. Hanshin improved to two wins (one draw) in their three-game series with Chiba Lotte and retained first place. They are 5.5 games behind second-placed Yokohama BayStars.
They sold out their three-game home series against the Yomiuri Giants from 26-28 March. One game of Nippon Professional Baseball this year