Gwangmyeong Dome Stadium Petition Surpasses 13,514 Participants in Two Weeks

Gwangmyeong citizens have united in their efforts to attract a 50,000-seat sports and performance complex dome stadium that will become the center of K-culture.

Gwangmyeong City (Mayor Park Seung-won) announced that 13,514 citizens participated by November 10 in the 'Citizen Petition Campaign to Attract a Sports and Performance Complex Dome Stadium to Gwangmyeong' conducted from October 26 to November 8.

The city plans to attach the petition forms containing citizens' wishes to the dome stadium attraction application and proposal, which will be submitted to Gyeonggi Province and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Gwangmyeong City is promoting the attraction of a large-scale 50,000-seat dome stadium on development sites including the Gwangmyeong-Siheung New City Phase 3. The city submitted a letter of intent for attracting the dome stadium to Gyeonggi Province on October 23 and plans to submit the application and proposal on November 13.

The city is positioning the wide-area transportation accessibility centered on Gwangmyeong Station of the Korea Train eXpress (KTX) and the possibility of linkage with major development projects such as the Gwangmyeong-Siheung New City Phase 3, Gwangmyeong Culture Complex, and Gwangmyeong-Siheung Techno Valley as core strategies for attracting the dome stadium.

Mayor Park Seung-won of Gwangmyeong said, "Through this petition campaign, I confirmed the high expectations and aspirations of citizens who wish for Gwangmyeong to leap forward as a new growth hub for K-culture," adding "Gwangmyeong has optimal location conditions with both a wide-area transportation network and favorable future development environment."

The Sports and Performance Complex Dome Stadium Construction Project promoted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is being pursued in two categories: large-scale (50,000 seats) and mid-scale (30,000 seats) facilities.