The first ‘Spring Volleyball’ was held at Samsan World Gymnasium in Incheon, which emerged as the ‘center of box office success’ in the V-League. On the 29th, Heungkuk Life Insurance and Korea Expressway Corporation’s’Dodram 2022-2023 V-League’ women’s championship match (3 out of 5), where the first leg was held, was crowded with cloud spectators even on weekday evenings. It was so hot that it was hard to find an empty seat.
In the V-League this season, Heungkuk Life Insurance is a box office guarantee check. According to the Korea Volleyball Federation (KOVO), Heungkuk Life Insurance gathered a total of 81,708 spectators, an average of 4,539 spectators, in 18 regular league home games. This is two to three times higher than the average number of spectators in the women’s division (2,500) and the men’s (1,550).
The performance of Heungkuk Life Insurance in the 2021-2022 season, when it first nested in Samsan World Gym, was very disappointing. Compared to the previously used Gyeyang Gymnasium, it was much better in terms of facilities and accessibility, but there were no factors to gain popularity, such as restrictions on spectators due to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) and only 6th place. The numbers (21,299 in total, 1,331 on average) were also at a disastrous level compared to this season.
But this season, it’s completely different. With the return of ‘Volleyball Empress’ Kim Yeon-kyung, it was a hit at the box office, with a sold-out procession continuing. Here, the dazzling grades were also harmonized. Expectations were not high before the opening, and despite bad news such as former coach Kwon Soon-chan being hardened midway, they united around veterans such as Kim Yeon-kyung and Kim Hae-ran and took first place in the regular league after 4 seasons.먹튀검증
The audience record is ‘the best ever’. Heungkuk Life Insurance swept 1st to 19th in the ranking of the most spectators in the regular league women’s division, which held rounds 1 to 6. The top 10 matches were all held at Samsan World Gymnasium. The final match between Hyundai E&C and the regular league on the 19th took first place (6110 players).
Heungkuk Life Insurance rewrote the history of the V-League box office. On the 29th, the first ‘Spring Volleyball’ game held at Samsan World Gymnasium, in the first leg of the championship match with Road Corporation, the record for the largest number of home spectators in a season in the V-League (previous 2015-2016 season Hyundai Capital 82,125) was broken. On this day, the club repaid fans’ love by preparing various events such as setting up a photo zone for the trophy for first place in the regular league and providing opportunities to view Skybox through online story requests. If the championship game continues to the final 5th game, it may reach 100,000 home spectators in a single season for the first time in the V-League.