The postseason of the 2024 KBO League is being held in the highest box office ever. This is because all 15 postseason games have been sold out and admission fees have increased, leading to a significant increase in sales, which is the standard for winning bonuses.안전놀이터

According to KBO, the fourth game of the Samsung-KIA Korean Series held at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 26th was also full of 23,550 people. All 15 games are sold out since the wild card match between Doosan and KT. Two wild card series were held, and the semi-playoff between LG and KT filled Game 5.

The playoffs between Samsung and LG also continued into Game 4, almost all the games they could play, and the crowd was full in each game. Except for the two semi-playoffs held in Suwon, both Jamsil and Daegu are large stadiums that can accommodate more than 20,000 spectators.

The number of spectators has increased significantly due to the increased number of games and spectators. According to the KBO, the total number of spectators who entered the fourth round of the Korean Series has exceeded 310,000, and the total sales of spectators is estimated to have exceeded 13.5 billion won. The sales alone far exceeds the record of postseason sales in the history of the fourth round.

Previously, the highest sales in the postseason were 10.39 billion won (approx. 10.3 billion U.S. dollars) from 15 games in 2012. At that time, Doosan and Lotte faced off in the semi-playoff, SK and Lotte in the playoffs, and Samsung and SK in the Korean Series.

The second-best record in history is KRW 10.37 billion, which was earned in 16 games in 2018. At that time, there was a wild-card game, and it was the year when Hanwha advanced to the postseason after 11 seasons. SK succeeded in setting up the Korean Series against Doosan, which overwhelmingly ranked first in the regular season.

LG and Doosan, both of whom use Jamsil Stadium, have joined the fall baseball league, while KT has achieved a wild card upgrade. The Korean Series, which will be played between Kia and Samsung, is a matchup that will draw keen attention.

Along with the box office explosion, the post-season dividends that the winning team receives will also increase. The post-season sales volume is expected to exceed 14.3 billion won (10.7 million U.S. dollars) at the end of Game 5. Of this, about 7.3 billion won (7.419 million dollars) will be used as dividends. If Kia wins the championship, it will receive 4.38 billion won (3.97 million dollars) in dividends, adding 20 percent of its regular-season victory bonus (about 1.46 billion won or 2.90 million dollars) of its remaining amount. If the maximum amount of the parent company bonus (50 percent of the dividend) in line with the league rules is added to this, 6.57 billion won (about 6.54 billion dollars) will be added as bonus. Considering that LG, the winner of the championship last year, had a winning bonus of 2.94 billion won (about 2.94 billion dollars), the amount far exceeds double. The total post-season sales last year amounted to 9.628.4 billion won (about 9.6 billion dollars).