Special hit from the rooftop of the hotel, I traveled 1700km for a month...NC Park closes the stadium without promise
Special hit from the rooftop of the hotel, I traveled 1700km for a month...NC Park closes the stadium without promise
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The NC Dinos players' desire to "go back to their home stadium" while playing a special hit on the roof of the away accommodation did not come true.메이저놀이터
Attention was drawn to whether Changwon NC Park would reopen for Children's Day, but the conclusion was the opposite of baseball and fans' expectations. The indefinite closure has been confirmed.
KBO League club NC Dinos released a press release on the 2nd and said, "We will begin reviewing temporary alternative home stadiums."
The reopening of Children's Day on May 5 was a psychological Maginot Line that baseball fans had high expectations for. As the conclusion was reached that NC Park would be postponed indefinitely, however, it is interpreted that the team also considered special measures, judging that there is a problem in the reality of only away games.
NC explained, "At the safety measures implementation inspection meeting attended by officials from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport today, we could not conclude on the specific reopening schedule of Changwon NC Park."
The meeting was held as one of the measures in accordance with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's safety inspection points.
However, the reopening schedule was eventually postponed indefinitely due to the judgment that fundamental safety measures were needed for Changwon NC Park facilities.
NC's wandering life, which only plays away games, has been almost a month since the 4th of last month. If only away games are played for a longer period of time here, the NC club has no choice but to devise a temporary home stadium as other clubs are expected to suffer considerable damage.
The KBO League is already in limbo due to the closure of NC Park. The KIA Tigers, who agreed to change the three consecutive games from April 29 to May 1 from home games in Changwon to home games in Gwangju, will have to play 12 consecutive away games in August as a counter benefit.
If NC teams continue to play away games, more cases such as those of KIA teams could arise. A team's long-term away games harms the characteristics of the "league" and undermines fairness.
Accordingly, NC plans to cooperate with Changwon NC Park's safety inspection process as much as possible and consider preparing a temporary alternative home stadium for the 2025 season in consultation with KBO to prevent the KBO League from being disrupted.
However, the three consecutive Monday-Wednesday games against KT Wiz on May 5-7, when Children's Day falls, will have to be held in Suwon by changing homes and away games.
The KBO League disruptions arising from the closure of NC Park go back to March 30.
At that time, NC was playing the second of three consecutive home opening series with the LG Twins, and during the game, a structure installed on the wall of a snack bar on the third base side of NC Park crashed, seriously injuring three spectators who visited the ballpark.
The structure was made of aluminum, 2.6 meters long, 40 centimeters wide, and 60 kilograms in weight. A huge chunk of metal fell freely on the fourth floor, bounced off the roof of the store on the first floor, and hit three spectators in front of the store.
Among them, one of them died the next day despite emergency surgery, and the accident became a major disaster.
Since then, KBO has not played all five stadiums by setting April 1 as a day of remembrance, and NC has only played away games or rested three consecutive series of series since then.
In the three consecutive games against the Lotte Giants, the opponent's home stadium, Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, was used as a temporary home.
It goes without saying the difficulties of the players. Even though they are professional players, they hardly have anywhere to train, and hence they even have to take special hits on the roof of their away accommodation. There were also reports that the NC players traveled 1,700 kilometers per month in April.
Still, as more than 310 louvers, which were the cause of the accident, were removed at the end of last month, there was a lot of hope that the home game would be held at Changwon NC Park for Children's Day, but it did not happen.
As the KBO League surpassed 10 million spectators last year, the baseball stadium and its vicinity have become a space where people gather and raise the economy. It means that money is turning into an important place to revitalize the local economy, but money will not be circulated at Changwon NC Park for the time being.
The NC club said, "There is an urgent need for fundamental measures to ensure the safety of citizens, the operation of the team, and the smooth progress of the KBO League," adding, "We plan to quickly decide with the KBO on the decision and operation of the temporary alternative home stadium."
"In order to secure the safety of citizens, we will actively cooperate with Changwon NC Park's fundamental repair and safety measures, and we will proceed with all procedures considering league stability and team safety first," he said.
As the government is cautious about safety issues, NC Park is expected to be forgotten by baseball fans for the time being. Two baseball features in Ulsan and Pohang are considered as candidates for temporary home stadiums.