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LG Twins, Doosan Bears to Temporarily Play at Olympic Main Stadium for 5 Seasons

SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The LG Twins and the Doosan Bears will temporarily relocate to the main Olympic stadium in southern Seoul while their current baseball stadium undergoes reconstruction, Seoul officials said Tuesday. As part of Seoul’s broader construction plan to transform the Jamsil area into a major sports and entertainment district, the [...]

Jamsil Olympic Stadium to be Remodeled into Sports, Cultural Complex

SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Jamsil Olympic Stadium, the main venue of the 1988 Summer Olympics, will undergo a three-year facelift to be reborn as an urban sports and cultural complex, the Seoul city government said Tuesday. Renovation work began Tuesday on the nearly 70,000-seat stadium in southeastern Seoul that also served as the [...]