The 2024 KBO League is set to surpass 8 million viewers. It has played 545 games through Sunday, attracting 7,988,527 people. Only 12,473 people are left until the 8 million mark. It is certain to surpass 8 million mark on Sunday.
The Doosan Bears became the first team among the 10 baseball teams to surpass 1 million spectators (17,297). It is the first time in 58 home games. The average attendance is higher than the LG Twins (19,220), who are next door, but LG only played 52 home games, losing the title of “first million spectators of the season” to Doosan. LG currently has 999,414 spectators. Jamsil Baseball Stadium holds 83.57 percent of seats. Currently, the average attendance of all baseball clubs exceeds 10,000. Hanwha Life Eagles Park (12,000 seats) in Daejeon, which has a small stadium, holds 94.48 percent of seats. It is very difficult to get seats on weekends due to its annual membership.
One of the reasons for the explosive increase in spectators this season is the performance of non-metropolitan clubs. The away stands are full of visitors. Then, which team is the No. 1 team in mobilizing away spectators?
It may remind you of the Kia Tigers, which is racing to No. 1, but not this year. According to the data provided by the KBO secretariat to the Hankyoreh on Sunday, Hanwha is the No. 1 team in attracting visitors this year. The average number of visitors to Hanwha is 17,362. The average number of visitors to the team was 12,745 last year, but the number has increased by nearly 5,000 this year. The average number of visitors to the team is much higher than the average number of visitors to the team at home (11,388). As the mid-range teams continue their race, fans who were hiding are flocking to the baseball stadium. It is lamentable that the new baseball stadium (Baseball Dream Park, which seats 20,000 people) will be completed only next year.
The second and third places in away games are not Kia either. The Samsung Lions (16,941) ranked second and the Lotte Giants (16,633). The average away crowd of Samsung is smaller than the average home crowd (17,485), and the average away crowd of Lotte (16,267) is similar. Kia, which ranked first in away games (13,923) last year, fell to fourth place this year with 16,097 spectators. It can be said that Hanwha, Samsung, and Lotte displayed strong capacity to mobilize spectators.
Currently, the KBO League has attracted more than 8 million spectators and 10 million spectators. Since the average attendance is 14,658 (as of Tuesday), it is possible to attract 10.55 million spectators this season. With the season progressing 75.7 percent, the revenue of spectators from the 10 teams has already exceeded 118.9 billion won (545 games). It is almost the same as last year’s 720 games (123.3 billion won). Indeed, it is a “super-sized” season.
BY: 토토사이트 순위
