'Watching Baseball at the Hotel'... Toronto's Advanced Dome Stadium to Also Open in Jamsil

Seoul City to Develop 'Sports and MICE Complex'
Mayor Oh Se-hoon Announces at Toronto Rogers Centre

Seoul City announced on the 18th that it will create a world-class "sports and MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) complex" including a dome stadium in "Jamsil," along with a waterfront ecological and cultural space linked to the Han River. The city has finalized the layout plan for the Jamsil dome stadium complex after consultations and reviews with relevant parties and is currently detailing the design of each facility.

On the 16th (local time), Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon is receiving an explanation of the facilities from Anuk Karunaratne, Vice President of the Toronto Blue Jays, at the Rogers Centre dome baseball stadium skybox in Toronto, Canada.
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During a business trip to North America, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon visited the "Toronto Rogers Centre" on the 16th (local time) and announced plans to build a dome stadium and advanced sports and exhibition convention facilities in the Jamsil area.

Seoul City is currently working with the preferred negotiation partner for the Jamsil Stadium and MICE complex project, the tentatively named "Seoul Smart MICE Park (lead company: Hanwha)," to concretize the construction of the dome stadium. They plan to build the largest baseball stadium in Korea with over 30,000 seats capable of hosting international games.

The exhibition convention center to be built in Jamsil will have an exhibition area of approximately 90,000㎡, which is more than 10,000㎡ larger than the Javits Center, and a conference area of about 20,000㎡. Additionally, the city plans to create a distinctive space with attractive views by utilizing Seoul’s unique landscape of the "Han River."

Seoul City is currently conducting comprehensive negotiations with the preferred negotiation partner to develop a complex facility that combines public interest and business viability, including the dome baseball stadium, exhibition convention center, office, commercial, and accommodation facilities. The plan is to conclude negotiations promptly and proceed with consultations with related agencies such as the Ministry of Economy and Finance, aiming to sign the implementation agreement by the end of 2024.

Meanwhile, Mayor Oh also visited the "Toronto Waterfront" development site, which transformed a waterfront isolated by industrialization into an ecological park, and presented a plan to create an attractive waterfront ecological and leisure cultural space in the Jamsil area by utilizing the Han River and Tancheon Stream.

To enhance the appeal and utilization of Seoul’s natural resources, the "Han River" and "Tancheon Stream," the city has prepared a basic design plan centered on the confluence of the Han River main stream and Tancheon Stream, including ▲restoration of natural shorelines to recover naturalness ▲improvement of accessibility to the international exchange complex district ▲creation of attractive waterfront leisure and cultural spaces, with plans to begin full-scale development in the second half of next year.

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