KBO tops 12 mln in attendance, nears single-season record
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean baseball league surpassed 12 million ...
The South Korean baseball league, known as the KBO, surpassed 12 million fans attending games this season, edging closer to a single-season attendance record. As of Thursday, the KBO had recorded a total of 12,069,596 fans, with the final four games played that day drawing a combined 78,622 attendees. The KBO had already surpassed the previous record of 12 million fans in 684 games, surpassing it in just 11 days.
Last season, the KBO achieved its all-time attendance record with 12.3 million fans. With 11 games remaining, the league is on track to exceed that mark. Throughout Thursday, KBO teams averaged 17,646 fans per game. The KBO has consistently broken every million attendance milestone this year, with Samsung Lions facing Hanwha Eagles in a sellout crowd of 24,000 at Daegu Samsung Lions Park, their 54th sellout of the season.
With 319 sellouts across the league, the KBO is nearing the single-season record of 331 sellouts set last year.
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