This Year's Fall Baseball Ticket Revenue Reaches 10 Billion Won... All-Time High Set Last Year at 15.7 Billion Won

Ticket revenue for this year's fall baseball season has reached 10 billion won.

According to the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), which oversees the professional baseball postseason, ticket revenue accumulated from 10 postseason games in 2026 reached approximately 10 billion won as of the 3rd, following the conclusion of Game 1 of the Korean Series.

Ticket revenue combined from 1 Wild Card game, 3 semi-playoff games, and 5 playoff games totaled 8.98 billion won.

With the addition of about 1 billion won in ticket revenue from Game 1 of the Korean Series, the total increased to 10 billion won.

A KBO official explained that assuming sellouts, the maximum ticket revenue for Suwon KT Wiz Park and Daegu Samsung Lions Park, where the Korean Series matches are held, stands at 1 billion won and 1.2 billion won per game, respectively.

The all-time record for a single postseason ticket revenue high is 15.7 billion won, amassed across 16 games last year.

The current Korean Series must extend to at least Game 6 for revenue to match last year's figures.

Fall baseball has recorded 47 consecutive sellouts starting from Game 1 of the 2023 Korean Series.

As ticket revenue increases, the prize money distributed to the teams competing in the fall baseball series grows accordingly.

Since 2017, in accordance with league regulations, the KBO office has deducted approximately 40 to 45 percent of the total postseason ticket revenue for necessary operational costs and distributed the remaining amount as prize money to five clubs.

Accordingly, kt wiz, which advanced directly to the Korean Series by finishing first in the regular season this year, receives 20 percent of the prize money in advance.

The remaining amount is then distributed sequentially: 50 percent to the Korean Series champion, 24 percent to the runner-up, 14 percent to the Kia Tigers who were eliminated in the playoffs, 9 percent to the LG Twins eliminated in the semi-playoffs, and 3 percent to the Doosan Bears eliminated in the Wild Card game.

Last year's integrated champion, the LG Twins, received a massive 3.8 billion won in prize money.

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