Hwaseong City Wins Grand Prize in "8th Sports and Leisure Brand" Local Government Category

Hwaseong City won the Grand Prize in the Local Government Category at the "8th Sports and Leisure Brand Award" ceremony held on the 28th of last month at the Royal Hotel in Myeongdong, Jung-gu, Seoul.

At the awards ceremony for the "8th Sports and Leisure Brand Award" covering 8 fields across 2 categories, Hwaseong City received the Grand Prize in the Local Government Category in the Special Division. The city was recognized for enhancing the urban brand value by attracting sports and leisure industries to the region and inducing tourism and investment.

The city was highly evaluated for achievements including hosting international matches such as the national soccer team's A-match at the Hwaseong Sports Complex that opened in 2011, the establishment of the civic club Hwaseong FC last year, efforts to revitalize volleyball through attracting IBK Corporate Bank's women's volleyball team as a home base, and recruiting Nexen Heroes, a Nexen professional baseball team's second division club that has become a national sport.

Mayor Chae In-seok said, "As I thought about children's education, there were significant investments in leisure and sports industries that families can enjoy together, and there have been notable achievements such as attracting the Nexen second division team last year and entering a professional baduk team this year," adding, "Today's award will be the beginning of Hwaseong establishing itself as a sports city."