KBO Sets Attendance Record

South Korea’s professional baseball league has set a new single-season attendance record.

The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced that, following Tuesday’s fixtures, 6,810,926 fans have attended matches in the top baseball competition, surpassing the previous record of 6,810,028 last year.

The KBO said the three games on Tuesday attacted 25,900 spectators.

This is the fourth consecutive season in which the KBO has broken the single-season attendance record, and the sixth consecutive season in which the attendance figure has increased on a year-to-year basis.

With 35 games left in this regular season, the KBO is on course to surpass the 7-million mark for the first time in its 30-year history. {jcomments on}