Nam Kyung-pil Announces Plan to Build Eco-Friendly Baseball Fields

Rep. Nam Kyung-pil, who has declared his candidacy for Gyeonggi Province governor, announced on the 6th that "during my term, I will construct 4 eco-friendly four-field baseball stadiums and one single-field baseball stadium each in 11 cities and counties without public baseball facilities, expanding a total of 27 amateur baseball fields."

According to GameOne, South Korea's largest amateur baseball website, Gyeonggi Province operates 4,762 amateur baseball clubs (26.8% of the nation's 17,756 clubs) and 164 leagues (42.3% of the nation's 388 leagues), but there is a severe shortage of amateur baseball fields.

In particular, amateur baseball clubs often utilize facilities within schools as baseball fields, leaving them constantly exposed to safety accident risks.

The eco-friendly four-field baseball stadium that Rep. Nam plans to construct at least 4 of features four fields connected to each other in the east, west, south, and north directions, making it suitable for amateur baseball league games. These eco-friendly baseball fields will be equipped with solar panels, an eco-friendly energy source, to allow games to be played at night.

Additionally, single-field baseball stadiums will be built in Hwaseong, Gwangmyeong, Gunpo, Gwangju, Anseong, Osan, Uiwang, Dongducheon, Gwacheon, Gapyeong, and Yeoncheon, cities and counties that currently lack public baseball facilities.

Rep. Nam stated, "Amateur baseball players in Gyeonggi Province, who rank first nationwide, deserve safe and pleasant baseball stadiums."

Rep. Nam has served as an advisor to the Korea Amateur Baseball Association since 2009.