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KBO (Korea Baseball Commission) President Koo Hu-yeon attended the completion ceremony of the Namhae Coast Belt Baseball Stadium in Haenam-gun on the 26th and thanked Haenam-gun County Governor Myung Hyun-kwan and officials for promoting sports marketing based on the expansion of baseball stadium infrastructure and expanding the local economy and the base of baseball.
According to KBO on the 27th, Haenam-gun signed an agreement with KBO on the southern coast belt business in February 2024, and promised to build infrastructure such as two baseball stadiums and indoor practice grounds for KBO youth development programs and winter training for domestic baseball teams.
To this end, Haenam-gun secured a total budget of 16.1 billion won and 87,767㎡ (about 26,549 pyeong) of land last year, and started construction of Haenam Sports Park. Sports training facilities such as one official baseball stadium and one soccer field, one multi-purpose stadium where baseball and soccer can be played at the same time, and another indoor training center for training in all seasons is also scheduled to be built, which is expected to become the central axis of the southern coastal belt in Jeollanam-do in the future.
Governor Koo Hu-yeon said, "In Haenam-gun, where the climate is mild, it will be a good opportunity for many youth teams and baseball organizations to prepare for the future of Korean baseball through winter training and competitions," adding, "KBO will prepare various related programs so that Haenam-gun can establish itself as a key base for the southern coastal belt of Jeollanam-do."
Meanwhile, Haenam County Mayor Myung Hyun-kwan said, "I would like to thank President Heo Gu-yeon and baseball officials for their advice and help until the baseball stadium is completed, and we hope that the completion of Haenam Sports Park will lead to a leap in sports marketing in Haenam and revitalization of the local economy."
Within the next two to three years, KBO plans to focus on mid- to long-term development to prepare for the future of Korean baseball, such as fostering youth and expanding the base by establishing a southern coastal baseball winter battery training cluster that connects nearby Wando-gun, Jinju-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, and Goseong-gun.
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