Hwaseong City Holds Opening Ceremony for Comprehensive Sports Town and Citizens' Athletic Meet

Hwaseong City will hold the opening ceremony for the Comprehensive Sports Town and the Citizens' Athletic Meet on the 1st of next month.

The Citizens' Athletic Meet, held for the first time in three years after being suspended due to the novel flu pandemic and the city's financial difficulties, will feature 13 sports events including volleyball, table tennis, soccer, and wrestling, as well as non-official competitions such as a folk music performance and street basketball. Representatives from 23 eups, myeons, and dongs will participate in the competition.

On the day of the opening ceremony, an SBS Celebration Concert and a friendly match between professional volleyball teams Samsung Fire and Hanhwa and Woori Capital will be held.

The Celebration Concert will feature renowned singers including UKISS, Son Ho-young, Seo Young-eun, Kan, Nora Zo, Nine Muses, LPG, and Kan.

The Comprehensive Sports Town being opened this time is equipped with a main stadium with 35,000 seats, an indoor gymnasium (5,000 seats), and an auxiliary stadium (2,000 seats).

The Comprehensive Sports Town is designed as a barrier-free walking space with walkways installed at the same level as sidewalks to facilitate access for wheelchairs and strollers.

Additionally, for the convenience of visitors accompanying infants and toddlers, a children's play room has been installed in a designated viewing area to allow for nursing and rest.

A total of 44 multipurpose restrooms for people with disabilities, infants and toddlers, pregnant women, and the elderly have been installed, including 26 at the main stadium.

A city official stated, "The Citizens' Athletic Meet held for the first time at the Comprehensive Sports Town, where universal design principles have been applied, will be a meaningful day when all citizens, including people with disabilities and the elderly and frail, become one."