Gwangju Mudeung Stadium is a

sports complex A sports complex is a group of sports facilities. For example, there are track and field stadiums, football stadiums, baseball stadiums, swimming pools, and Indoor arenas. This area is a sports complex, for fitness. Olympic Park is also a kind ...

Gwangju Gwangju () is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial office ...

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. Main stadium is currently used mostly for

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matches and has a capacity of 30,000 people and was opened in 1966. During the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

, it hosted some

matches. This complex has

Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium in Gwangju, South Korea. It is used mostly for baseball games and was the home stadium of Kia Tigers, formerly the Haitai Tigers, between 1982 and 2013. See also *Gwangju Mudeung Stadium ...

and gymnasium.

References

1988 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 204–5.
Official Site

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