Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Baseball stadium in Jamsil-dong, South Korea.
Jamsil Baseball Stadium is an open-air ground in Songpa District, Seoul, with tiered concrete stands seating 25,000 and a dark grey oval field. Green seats ring most of the upper rim, red and orange seats fill one curved section, and a broad ring of blue-grey roof panels slopes outward above the seating. Pale concrete concourses and ramps form the lower facade, and a lit sign with white Korean text stands above the green seats.
Ground was broken on 17 April 1980 for the main baseball venue of the 1988 Seoul Olympics and the 27th Baseball World Cup. The OB Bears moved here from Dongdaemun Baseball Stadium in 1986, and the venue opened on 15 March 1990, when the LG Twins, who took over MBC Cheongryong, made it their home. Its first game was an invitational high school contest, and Ryu Jung-il of Gyeongbuk High School hit the first home run.
Two professional Korean baseball teams call this stadium home and play their regular season games here to enthusiastic crowds. The facility has become a gathering place where fans celebrate their teams and create memorable moments together.
The stadium provides parking for around 2200 vehicles and connects directly to Sports Complex Station via exits 5 and 6 of subway lines 2 and 9. This direct subway link makes visiting straightforward, especially during games when traffic is heavy.
The first home run hit at the stadium, by Ryu Jung-il of Gyeongbuk High School in 1982, cleared the outfield. A more famous shot came on May 4, 2000, when Kim Dong-joo of the Doosan Bears hit a ball out of the park; a monument marks the spot near Exit 5 of Sports Complex Station.
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