Anchor briefing begins.
Although we have entered October, when the summer heat has barely cooled and the cool autumn vibes are in full effect, sports fever is heating up in Daegu.
Samsung Lions went straight to the playoffs by exceeding 1 million spectators, and Daegu FC finished the last game of the K League 1 regular season with a thrilling comeback win and a crowd of 10,000 won.
The audience’s interest in professional teams based in Daegu is more intense than ever.
As winter approaches without baseball and soccer, professional basketball is the sport that will fill the emptiness of local fans.
The regular season is scheduled to open on October 19th.
Attention is also focused on how Daegu-based team Korea Gas Corporation Pegasus will shape the 2024-2025 season.
Last season, KOGAS ranked 7th and unfortunately failed to advance to the playoffs. In the upcoming fourth season in Daegu, we will prepare by spending the off-season as hot as the summer heat in training in Jeju and Japan so that it can continue through ‘spring basketball’. They say they came.
Professional baseball recorded 10 million spectators for the first time in its regular season, and professional soccer recorded 3 million spectators for the second consecutive year.
Daegu FC, a civic club, also received a lot of love from fans with an average attendance of 11,088.
The total number of professional basketball spectators reached 687,303 in the 2022-2023 season.
In the 2023-2024 season, the number was 836,914, an increase of 22% compared to the previous year.
KBL, which organizes professional basketball, is setting an audience target of 1 million this season.
As interest in regional professional sports teams increases, Korea Gas Corporation is also expecting an influx of spectators due to improved performance.
◀Hyuk Kang, Korea Gas Corporation Pegasus Director▶
“We really worked hard during the off-season. The players have goals, and in order to achieve those goals, the players have grown through a lot of training. So this season, our players definitely want to play ‘spring basketball.’ “I want to show it to the fans, and in that regard, I think that if many fans come to the stadium, support us, and show a lot of interest, it will give us more strength to go further with ‘spring basketball.’”
◀Reporter Seok Won, Daegu MBC▶
“This season, I was able to see from the sidelines the formation of a team with a clear direction from the beginning and the corresponding training process. It was a practice game held in Daegu and played against university teams, so the score is not very meaningful. The chemistry that the players showed in it, and the process of overcoming some of the problems that were pointed out last year, are things to look forward to. I definitely felt that way no matter which game I went to, the players were really cool and scored three points. “There are dunks and fights, and due to the nature of the basketball game, there are a lot of events in between, so I think you will feel the fun if you go there, so I think if you go and have fun, the fun of basketball will definitely become more established.”
2024-10-07 10:17:29