An estimated 68,780 spectators attended the event. The opening of the largest dome stadium in Korea. Taiwan has taken the lead over South Korea in attracting international competitions.

The Taipei Dome, which opened last December in the Xinyi District of Taipei City, the capital of Taiwan, is a large dome that can hold up to 50,000 people. It took longer than expected and cost a lot of money to build, but when it finally opened, it was a stunning dome with the best facilities in Taiwan.

It has a maximum capacity of 50,000 people, 카지노사이트 with a capacity of about 40,000 for baseball games. The official opening game of the Taipei Dome was the 2023 Asian Baseball Championship in December last year, and Kim Bum-seok made history by hitting the first home run in the Taipei Dome after its opening.

On March 2 and 3, the Taipei Dome hosted its first professional baseball game. Taiwanese professional team Zhongxin Brothers and Japan’s most popular baseball team, the Yomiuri Giants, faced off in a friendly matchup.

The first game, which Yomiuri won 4-1, drew a crowd of 37,890 fans.

This is a new record for the largest single-game attendance in Taiwanese baseball history. Game 2 the next day ended in a 0-0 tie, but 38,890 fans filled most of the seats in the Taipei Dome.

According to Taiwanese media outlet CPBLStat, the two-day event drew 68,780 fans and generated $4.34 million in ticket sales alone, and another $450,000 in merchandise sales.

The first official Taiwanese professional baseball game was also held at the Taipei Dome on Nov. 16, when the Weichuan Dragons faced the Chungshin. “Senior executives from Japan’s SoftBank Hawks recently visited Taiwan to discuss organizing a game at the Taipei Dome,” Taiwanese media reported.

The Taipei Dome, which was built with private capital, has the weakness of being a large stadium at a huge cost, but it is not the home of a Taiwanese professional team. Because it is so large and expensive to maintain, it is not easy for Taiwanese professional teams to move into the stadium. It’s too big.

However, the Taipei Dome’s owner, the Yuan Shung Group, has expressed its intention to use the state-of-the-art dome to actively attract international competitions.

This puts South Korea at a significant disadvantage.

Korea’s only dome stadium, the Gocheok SkyDome, has a capacity of only 16,000 seats for baseball games. It is far below the Taipei Dome in terms of crowd capacity and facilities. Taipei Dome is the favorite to host the Premier 12, an international tournament that will be held this November in Nagoya and Tokyo, Japan, Taipei, Taiwan, and the United States (city to be determined).

Taiwan is also interested in hosting the World Baseball Classic (WBC) in 2026, 토토사이트 추천 and the more international tournaments Taiwan hosts, the narrower the space for Korean baseball. This is why it is essential to build new stadiums, such as Jamsil Dome, which has yet to be finalized, and Cheongna Dome, which is scheduled to open in 2028.