"Secondary Vocational Schools" The ceiling is 100 million → 300 million. It only takes 3 years. The box office revenue of secondary vocational schools is soaring.

Tainan Asia Pacific Stadium. (File photo, taken by reporter Lin Zhengkun)

[Reporter Luo Zhipeng/Reporting from Taipei] In 2015, Lamigo Peach Monkey's regular season box office revenue was approximately 110 million yuan, becoming the first "100 million yuan team" in the history of secondary vocational schools. At that time, a single team's regular season box office revenue of 100 million yuan in a single season was regarded as a "ceiling", but now it cannot even be called a "floor."

This year’s season, five teams in the Chinese Professional Football League have an average attendance of more than 10,000 people per game at home, and their regular season box office revenue has exceeded 300 million yuan, creating unprecedented prosperity in the 37-year history. The Taiwan Steel Eagles have an average attendance of 8,364 people per game at home, and their regular season box office revenue has exceeded 200 million yuan. , the league's regular season box office revenue reached a record of nearly 2 billion yuan, a four-fold increase compared with 2023. The key lies in the multiplication effect of the top 12 world championships, Taipei Arena, Tainan Asia Pacific Stadium, and the results of the marketing efforts of each team.

In fact, in 2023, only CITIC Brothers and Lotte Peach Monkey in the league have regular season box office revenue exceeding 100 million yuan, Unified Lions less than 70 million yuan, Fubon Titans and Weiquan Dragons both less than 80 million yuan. By 2024, the "first year of the Dome", including the new Taiwan Steel Eagles, all six teams' regular season box office revenue exceeded 100 million yuan, with CITIC Brothers exceeding 300 million yuan.

In 2025, benefiting from the top 12 world championship craze, 2 teams have regular season box office revenue exceeding 300 million yuan. Among them, CITIC Brothers has exceeded 500 million yuan, which is still the most profitable record. Another 2 teams have exceeded 200 million yuan, and 2 teams have exceeded 100 million yuan. This year, the Tainan Asia-Pacific Stadium has been included in the territory of secondary professional competitions, and the popularity of the Dome has not subsided. Five teams have regular season box office revenue exceeding 300 million yuan in one go, which is the first time in history.

Even with the Taiwan Steel Eagles in last place, the box office revenue of this season's regular season exceeds the total box office revenue of three of the 2023 secondary league teams. It is not easy for the entire league to enter a new realm in just a few years.