Heated Competition for Multi-Purpose Dome Stadium Bid... "Gwangmyeong is Ideal as Transportation Hub with KTX and GTX"

A citywide initiative has begun to attract a 50,000-seat sports and performance multi-purpose dome stadium to Gwangmyeong City.

On the 4th afternoon, Gwangmyeong City conducted a "Citywide Signature Campaign for Attracting Sports and Performance Multi-Purpose Dome Stadium to Gwangmyeong" around Exit 2 of Cheolsan Station with approximately 20 participants including city hall staff, athletic association members, and Red Cross volunteers.

Mayor Park Seung-won of Gwangmyeong, who attended the campaign, stated: "For the Republic of Korea to leap forward as a cultural powerhouse, a dome stadium capable of hosting world-class performances and sports must be successfully established. Since Gwangmyeong has both optimal transportation infrastructure and favorable future development conditions, we will attract the dome stadium and develop it into a new growth axis of the nation's cultural industry."

During the event, Mayor Park and campaign participants distributed informational materials to citizens to promote the necessity of attracting the dome stadium and Gwangmyeong's competitiveness. They also introduced an online signature system using smartphone QR codes.

The city will conduct the signature campaign through the 8th and plans to deliver the signed petitions to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to actively demonstrate its commitment to attracting the dome stadium.

Gwangmyeong City submitted a letter of intent to Gyeonggi Province on October 23rd to attract a 50,000-seat dome stadium and officially entered the bidding competition. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism plans to select one candidate site each for large-scale (40,000 seats or more) and mid-scale (20,000 seats or more) categories and announce the results by the end of December.

Gwangmyeong City is emphasizing its position as a super-regional transportation hub centered on KTX Gwangmyeong Station, with connections to regional rail networks including the Shin-Ansan Line, Wolgot-Pangyo Line, Gwangmyeong-Siheung Line, GTX, an urban airport terminal, and Incheon International Airport.