Seojeonghwan Baseball Town Established in Jindo-gun, Jeonnam

410 Billion Won Investment, Baseball Stadium (4th Base) and Indoor Practice Facility, 150-Room Hotel Construction

Expected to Create 300 Jobs... Signing of Business Agreement for International Standard Baseball Stadium Development

Jindo-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Kim Hee-soo) signed a business agreement on the 2nd at the Jindo-gun Office 2nd floor situation room with Jindo Seo Jeong-hwan Baseball Town (CEO Seo Jeong-hwan) to create a baseball stadium for professional and amateur baseball teams’ winter and summer training camps and hosting national tournaments.

According to the county on the 3rd, through this business agreement, Jindo Seo Jeong-hwan Baseball Town agreed to closely cooperate and mutually collaborate to develop together by hosting training camps and various baseball tournaments.

In particular, Jindo-gun, which has been recognized as a venue for national tournaments in various sports such as table tennis and rugby and a winter and summer training site due to its mild year-round climate, will be able to establish baseball training and game facilities and infrastructure with optimal conditions through this agreement, enhancing its status as a sports city.

On the 2nd, Jindo County and Jindo Seo Jeong-hwan Baseball Town signed a business agreement for the construction of a baseball stadium.
[Photo by Jindo County]

Jindo Seo Jeong-hwan Baseball Town is investing 41 billion KRW in the Jindo Arirang Tourism Complex area (117,033㎡) located in Sangman-ri, Imhoe-myeon, Jindo-gun, to revitalize baseball by constructing four international standard baseball fields, expecting to create about 300 jobs.

In particular, construction will begin by the end of this year on two natural grass and two artificial turf fields, a hotel (150 rooms), a town village (60 buildings), an indoor practice facility, sauna, and glamping site, aiming for completion in May 2026.

Additionally, plans are underway to hold business consultations with the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), the Korea Baseball Softball Association (KBSA), and others to build infrastructure for establishing the nation’s top-level baseball belt.

Once completed, Jindo Seo Jeong-hwan Baseball Town will be used as a practice ground for students and club players, a venue for national baseball tournaments for players and amateurs on weekends, and a training camp for baseball teams during winter and summer.

CEO Seo Jeong-hwan stated, “With school baseball teams disappearing more and more, my future dream is to make Jindo-gun, a baseball wasteland, the center for nurturing baseball hopefuls.”

Governor Kim Hee-soo said, “We expect significant economic ripple effects such as revitalizing the local economy by attracting domestic baseball teams’ winter and summer training camps and amateur team training camps through Jindo Seo Jeong-hwan Baseball Town. We will do our best to build the baseball stadium and expand the base for baseball development so that Jindo-gun can rise as the center of baseball.”

Meanwhile, Seo Jeong-hwan, who joined the Samsung Lions in 1982 when Korean professional baseball was launched and played as an infielder, went through the Haitai Tigers as a player, served as the Samsung Lions manager from 1998 to 1999, and managed the KIA Tigers from 2005 to 2007.

Jindo = Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Oh Seung-geun just8440@asiae.co.kr

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