Seoul ready for the Major League

New grass, new floodlights and new skyboxes await at the stadium Gocheok Sky Dome to the 100,000 visitors he expects Seoul next week for the first games The big leagueswhere two K-Pop bands will perform, the organizers of the event reported.

Metropolitan Government of Seoul, which expects around 100,000 South Korean and overseas fans to visit, detailed news on the venue, which will host two season openers between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers, in addition to previous exhibitions with the two local teams, LG Twins and Kiwoom Heroesand the national team of South Korea.

He Gocheok Sky Dome of the capital of South Korea, which serves as home to Kiwoom Herosy the only covered ball stadium in the country, it will have 2.8 hectares (11,493 square meters) of new artificial grass, while the lighting has been replaced with more powerful and efficient LED floodlights.

The stadium’s locker rooms and skyboxes have also been renovated for this series of matches, which begin with exhibition matches on March 17 between Dodgers and Herosi between the Padres and the South Korean national team.

The next day, with an identical schedule, lparents will be measured at Gemini, last season’s champions in the Asian country, i Dodgers will play against the national team of the host country, that is.

March 20 and 21 Dodgers and Padres The 2024 Major League season opens with the league’s first official games MLB in dispute in South Korea.

The games will feature a special local rivalry, as the Padres have two South Koreans, infielder Kim Ha-seong and pitcher Go Woo-sukand Dodgers with two Japanese superstar pitchers Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

Before the start of both matches, popular K-Pop girl groups Aespa (March 20) and (G)I-dle (March 21) will perform, according to the company that organizes the series of matches. ., C.oupang Play.