Pohang Baseball Stadium

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Pohang Baseball Stadium
Location Daedo-dong, Nam-gu, Pohang, South Korea
Coordinates 36°00′28″N129°21′34″E / 36.007778°N 129.359444°E / 36.007778; 129.359444
Owner City of Pohang
Operator Samsung Lions
Capacity 12,000
Field sizeLeft Field – 99 metres (325 ft)
Center Field – 122 metres (400 ft)
Right Field – 99 metres (325 ft)
Outfield Wall Height – 3 metres (10 ft)
Surface Artificial turf
Construction
Broke ground 3 March 2010
Opened August 14, 2012
Construction cost 32 billion won
Tenants
Samsung Lions (KBO)

Pohang Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium in Pohang, South Korea. The stadium is currently being used as a second home of the KBO League team Samsung Lions.

Pohang Specific city in Yeongnam, South Korea

Pohang is a city in the province of North Gyeongsang, South Korea, and a main seaport in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region. The built-up area of Pohang is located on the alluvium of the mouth of the Hyeongsan River. The city is divided into two wards (gu), Buk-gu or Northern Ward and Nam-gu or Southern Ward.

South Korea Republic in East Asia

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. The name Korea is derived from Goguryeo which was one of the great powers in East Asia during its time, ruling most of the Korean Peninsula, Manchuria, parts of the Russian Far East and Inner Mongolia under Gwanggaeto the Great. Its capital, Seoul, is a major global city and half of South Korea's 51 million people live in the Seoul Capital Area, the fourth largest metropolitan economy in the world.

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