Jamsil Baseball Stadium

Jamsil Baseball Stadium

Jamsil Baseball Stadium (잠실 야구장) is a baseball stadium in Jamsil 1-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea. The stadium holds 30,265 people and was built from April 1980 to July 1982. It makes up the Jamsil Sports Complex along with the nearby Seoul Olympic Stadium, and hosted the baseball events during the 1988 Summer Olympics. It is the home of the LG Twins and Doosan Bears in the KBO. Area of the Jamsil Baseball Stadium is 26,331m^2, and it has one basement level and is three stories high with center distance of 125m long, side distances of 100m. The stadium has 59 entrance consisting of 49 inner gates with 10 outer gates. Parking lot allows 2200 cars to park. There is also other parking lots around so you can park at any of them if the parking lot is full. You can reach Jamsil Baseball Stadium with subway line 2, or you can take a bus either. There is a nursing room and playroom for children, and you can also rent a stroller. Stadium is designated as non-smoking area, but there is small smoking area available. Jamsil Baseball Stadium is also renovated in 2007, spending about 1.5 billion KRW. Grass on field is replaced and then drain and sprinkler are upgraded to prevent heavy rain. You can buy tickets online, price range is from 4000 to 50000 KRW. Since the stadium is 30 years old, many people demand teams to build new stadium as Baseball gets much more popular than before. When they first built the stadium, a builder didn't assign enough spaces for stores and restaurants, so some of cafeterias are still in temporary building. But due to the budget, Seoul and two teams are still discussing building a new stadium.

See also

• Dongdaemun Baseball Stadium
• Mokdong Baseball Stadium
• New Seoul Ballpark

Reference

• 1988 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. p. 166.