Dongdaemun Baseball Stadium

Dongdaemun Baseball Stadium
Location	Gwanghui-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Coordinates	37°34′0.22″N 127°0′33.29″E
Operator	Seoul Sports Facilities Management
Capacity	26,874
Field size	Left Field – 98 metres (322 ft); Center Field – 118 metres (387 ft)
Surface	Natural grass (1959–1989); Artificial turf (1990–2007)
Construction
Built	1959
Closed	December 2007
Demolished	March 2008
Tenants
	OB Bears (1985); MBC Chungyong (1982)

Dongdaemun Baseball Stadium (Korean: 동대문야구장) was a multi-purpose stadium in Seoul, South Korea. It was used mostly for baseball games. The stadium held 26,874 people. The stadium was built in 1959 and was demolished in 2007, along with the Dongdaemun Stadium. It has been replaced by the Dongdaemun Design Plaza, which opened in 2014. A new baseball stadium, the Gocheok Sky Dome, was completed in the Guro district in 2015, and serves as a replacement to Dongdaemun Baseball Stadium.^[1]