Professional baseball KIA, season's largest audience of 1,278,888... 7 new club records
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The KIA Tigers recorded their 37th sellout of the season with 20,500 people attending their home game against the Lotte Giants on the 11th, surpassing the previous record with a cumulative attendance of 1,278,888, and this year's 7 KBO League clubs set new season attendance records.
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Why It Matters
The KIA Tigers proved their popularity in the KBO league by exceeding 1 million spectators this year as well in 2017 and 2024.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Hyeon-gu = Professional baseball KIA Tigers set a new record for the largest home attendance of the season.
The KIA club announced that 20,500 people attended the game against the Lotte Giants held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do on the 11th, marking the 37th sell-out of the season, and that it achieved a new record of 1,278,888 cumulative spectators for the season (average of 17,763 per game), surpassing the previous record (1,259,249) set in 2024.
The KIA club surpassed 1 million spectators for the fourth time in total, following 2017, 2024, and 2025.
KIA's final attendance record is expected to increase further ahead of its final home game against the LG Twins on the 12th.
This year, seven teams including KIA, Samsung (1,669,050), LG (1,622,238), Doosan Bears (1,483,772), KT Wiz (1,022,972), Kiwoom Heroes (935,849), and NC Dinos (902,905) set new season attendance records.
Samsung and Doosan, which will hold the final match on the 12th, are also expected to increase their cumulative number of participants.
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Open Questions
- What level will the final audience record reach this year?
- What are the factors contributing to the increase in attendance for other clubs?
