'Busan volleyball fever is hot' OK Savings Bank 'No. 1 in spectators' in the first half of the year after relocating the relationship

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"We are aiming for the number of spectators at the top of men's volleyball."

The men's professional volleyball OK Savings Bank, which moved from Ansan to Busan, ranked first in the men's crowd in the first half of the year. Immediately after the confirmation of the relocation of the relationship, it seems to have settled smoothly in Busan, as it ranked first in the average number of men's volleyball spectators, which was suggested as one of the goals of the "Busan Era."

According to the Korea Volleyball Federation on the 2nd, OK Savings Bank recorded the largest average crowd of 3,051 among the seven men's teams in the first half. In second place is Hyundai Capital, which has an average of 2,799 employees. The average number of spectators at OK Savings Bank last season, which used Ansan Sangnoksu Gymnasium as its home, was 1522, and the average number of spectators nearly doubled after relocating to Busan.

Since the 'Busan home opener' in November last year, the heat has been unusual. At the time of the Korean Air match, 4,270 spectators were packed into the Gangseo Indoor Gymnasium in Busan, achieving a sellout. Since then, more than 2,100 spectators have steadily visited the stadium in the evening game on weekdays, and 4,302 spectators visited the stadium on November 30 last year, the second weekend game, more than the home opener. On the 30th of last month, 3,409 people visited the stadium even though it was a weekday evening.

OK Savings Bank is responding with 'home performance' to the hotter-than-expected Busan volleyball fever. In fact, OK Savings Bank has 7 wins and 2 losses at home alone. The home winning rate is as high as 77.8%. Fans who naturally visited the stadium once seem to be heading to the stadium in the next home game.

OK Savings Bank's original goal of "Mobilizing Spectators at the 1st level of men's volleyball" also seems to be successful. Immediately after the relocation of the Busan headquarters was confirmed through the board of directors of the Korea Volleyball Federation in July last year, Lim Sung-soon, head of the team's marketing team, said, "We aim to sell out nearly 4,000 people on weekends, and we will prepare for convenient visits by weekday spectators not only in Busan but also in the Seoul metropolitan area." In fact, in the first half of the year, OK Savings Bank succeeded in mobilizing spectators at a level similar to the original goal.

The overall atmosphere itself, such as the background of the relocation and the expected effects of the relocation, seems to be flowing as hoped at the time of OK Savings Bank's decision. Kwon Chul-geun, head of OK Savings Bank, said, "Professional volleyball will also be less dependent on its parent company and it will not be easy to become fully self-reliant, but it needed a larger market to grow its self-sustainability." Star players have also retired, and both men's and women's volleyball have poor international performances, so there is a lot of crisis. I judged it to be a challenge worth trying as the youngest member of the men's volleyball team. It was to expand the foundation of volleyball, which is concentrated in the metropolitan area, and to try new challenges," he said last year, explaining the background of relocating the relationship.

Meanwhile, the number of spectators in the men's professional volleyball team in the first half (1st to 3rd rounds) was 136,233, up 10.65% from last season (123,255). The average number of spectators also increased 12.3% from 1956 to 2197. The Korean Volleyball Federation paid attention to the effect of OK Savings Bank's crowd attraction. During the same period last year, the women's team also increased 5.3 percent from 146,797 to 154,646, and the average number of spectators increased 5.4 percent from 2,330 to 2,455.

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