Pohang Baseball Stadium, Baseball stadium in Nam-gu district, Pohang, South Korea.
Pohang Baseball Stadium is an artificial-turf ballpark beside Pohang Sports Complex in Daedo-dong, Nam-gu. Its outfield measures 99 m down the lines and 122 m to center, with a 3 m fence including the safety fence, and the grandstand holds 12,120 after the outfield grass seating was expanded. The seating bowl is oval rather than straight-lined, and the area behind home plate is spectator seating, a first in Korea.
Construction began on 3 March 2010 and the stadium was completed on 31 July 2012, next to the Pohang Sports Complex. Before it opened, North Gyeongsang Province had no proper regulation baseball ground, so the 1995 National Sports Festival baseball games were held in Daegu. From 2013 to 2014 it also served as the second-team home of the NC Dinos.
The stadium is the KBO League Samsung Lions' second home ground, hosting 18 first-team and 30 second-team home games from 2013. From 2013 to 2014 it was also the NC Dinos' second-team home. Its nickname, the Korean AT&T Park, comes from the Hyeongsan River flowing behind the outfield.
The stadium sits beside Pohang Sports Complex in Daedo-dong, Nam-gu, with the Hyeongsan River behind the outfield. The outfield is a grass zone rather than seating, laid out with families in mind, and a pavilion was planned there. The LED scoreboard measures 29.4 by 8.4 m, with solar panels mounted behind it.
Pohang Baseball Stadium was the first in South Korea to place spectator seating directly behind the catcher, rather than only along the straight lines of the stands. Its oval layout, unusual for Korean ballparks, was chosen to improve sightlines. The Pohang Nam-gu District Office also occupies space inside the stadium building, and the scoreboard is a 29.4 by 8.4 m LED screen backed by solar panels.
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