Suwon Sports Complex () is a group of sports facilities in

Suwon Suwon (, ) is the capital and largest city of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea's most populous province which surrounds Seoul, the national capital. Suwon lies about south of Seoul. It is traditionally known as "The City of Filial Piety". With a popul ...

, South Korea. The complex consists of the Suwon Stadium,

Suwon Baseball Stadium The Suwon Baseball Stadium ( ko, 수원야구장), also known as the Suwon kt wiz Park ( ko, 수원 kt wiz 파크) due to sponsorship reasons, is a baseball stadium in Suwon, South Korea. Since 2015, it has been the home of KBO club KT Wiz. The st ...

, and

Suwon Gymnasium Suwon Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in Suwon, South Korea. The arena has a capacity for 5,145 spectators and was built in 1984 to host handball events at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known ...

Facilities

Suwon Stadium

Suwon Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium and currently used mostly for

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ...

matches. Built in 1971, it has a capacity of 11,808 seats and was home of the

Suwon Samsung Bluewings ''(The Blue, White and Reds)''Tricolor'' , short name = SSB , image = , caption = , founded = , ground = Suwon World Cup Stadium , capacity = 44,031 , owner = Cheil Worldwide( Samsung's subsidiary) , chairma ...

until 2001, when they moved to the Suwon World Cup Stadium.

Suwon Baseball Stadium

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Suwon Gymnasium

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.'' The gymnasium, with a capacity of 5,145, was built in 1963 and hosted the

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...

events of 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 ...

Gallery

Image:2009-01-24 - Suwon Civil Baseball Stadium from Royal Palace.JPG, Suwon Baseball Stadium and Suwon Gymnasium Image:2009-01-24 - Suwon Civil Stadium from Royal Palace.JPG, Main Stadium of Suwon Sports Complex Image:Suwon Stadium.jpg, Main Stadium exterior Image:Suwon Gymnasium.JPG, Gymnasium exterior Image:Suwon Gymnasium indoor.JPG, Gymnasium interior Image:Hdunistadiumpan.jpg, Baseball Stadium interior

References

External links

Official website

World Stadiums
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