Jinju City Council Visits Daejeon and Gwangju eSports Stadiums for On-Site Inspection

City Building eSports and Game Industry Infrastructure, On-site Comparative Tour

The Jinju City Council of Gyeongnam is visiting the main facilities and observing the operational status of the permanent sports stadium at Daejeon Expo Park.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] The Planning and Culture Committee of Jinju City Council in Gyeongnam announced on the 14th that they visited the permanent eSports stadiums located in Daejeon Metropolitan City (Daejeon Expo Park) and Gwangju (Chosun University) to compare and inspect the main facilities and operational status.

This comparative inspection was conducted to understand the actual facility construction and operation cases on-site amid various opinions being raised locally regarding the permanent eSports stadium construction project promoted by Jinju City.

The city initially planned to invest 26 billion KRW to build a permanent stadium (main stadium with 300 seats, auxiliary stadium with 64 seats).

However, recently, the original plan was changed to proceed with remodeling due to reasons such as improving the project's economic feasibility, strengthening cooperative development with universities, and fostering linkage with local tourism resources.

The remodeling project budget is 8 billion KRW (main stadium with 700 seats, auxiliary stadium with 84 seats), targeting the 100th Anniversary Hall of Gyeongsang National University as the project site.

Currently, the permanent eSports stadiums in Daejeon and Gwangju are facilities selected in 2019 under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Korea Creative Content Agency’s support project for establishing permanent eSports stadiums.

The Planning and Culture Committee received briefings from facility officials on the status of the permanent stadium construction, operational organization, performance, and various policies to revitalize the eSports industry, and toured the main facilities.

At Chosun University’s Haeoreum Hall in Gwangju, they also observed the eSports game experience tour conducted for about 30 elementary, middle, and high school students in the region.

Chairman Hwang Jin-seon said, “I urge the smooth promotion of the project so that the permanent eSports stadium can be established as a hub facility for the local eSports and game industry,” adding, “Not only the construction of the eSports stadium but also the activation of the facility requires incorporating various domestic and international cases, and linkage with global game centers is very important to expand the base of the game content industry.”

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