Wonju Gymnasium

Wonju Gymnasium
Hangul: 원주종합체육관
Hanja: 原州綜合體育館
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Full nameWonju General Gymnasium
LocationWonju, South Korea
OwnerWonju
OperatorWonju Cultural and Sports Office
Capacity4,600 seats
Surface23,034 m2 floor area
Construction
OpenedAugust 10, 2013
Construction cost5,000,000,000
Tenants
Wonju DB Promy

Wonju Gymnasium is an arena in Wonju, South Korea. It is the home arena of the Wonju DB Promy of the Korean Basketball League.[1] The complex includes above-ground and basement parking space as well as the team's training facilities and clubhouse, which is connected to the arena via a special underground walkway.[2]

Prior to the opening of the Wonju Gymnasium, Wonju DB Promy had played at the outdated and much-maligned Chiak Gymnasium and did not have its own dedicated training ground and facilities. Its players infamously had to work out at local neighborhood gyms. The lack of funding from the pre-Dongbu Insurance era meant that the Chiak Gymnasium was never renovated to meet modern-day standards despite drawing some of the biggest game-day crowds among the KBL teams. The Wonju municipal government agreed to invest 5 billion into the construction of a new purpose-built arena.[3][2][4] It opened in time for the 2013–14 season.

  1. ^ Foursquare (March 2018). "원주종합체육관 (Wonju Gymnasium)". Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b "원주종합체육관 10일 준공...프로농구 홈구장 사용". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). August 5, 2013.
  3. ^ "[백보드]허웅·DB발 인기 바람...오빠부대 다시 불러오나" (in Korean). Newsis. October 19, 2021.
  4. ^ "500억짜리 홈구장...동부, 날개 달았다". The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). October 2, 2013.