Suwon KT Wiz Park transformed into an AI stadium for the opening game.
The 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League opening game between the KT Wiz and Hanwha Eagles unfolded at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 22nd.
The home team, KT, organized various events for the opening game, captivating the attention of numerous fans who had been waiting all winter for baseball.
The first attention-grabbing event was a drone pitch. About 15 minutes before the game started, 350 drones took to the sky from the soccer field next to Wiz Park and created the letters K intelligence (KT AI brand) with fireworks between two soccer field lights. Then, a model baseball began a line rocket pitch heading towards home plate on the central electronic scoreboard, starting from both outer field poles. This was an event that only AICT corporations could conduct.
KT also unveiled a new AI electronic billboard installed in the left field of the stadium. After the end of the third inning, foreign player Mel Rojas Jr. appeared on the AI electronic billboard and conducted an interview in natural Korean through AI human technology. A KT official noted, “We planned this event using technology that converts the foreign player's voice into Korean. Other players are also expected to make appearances soon.”
In addition, new technologies such as 'AI translation,' which translates player introductions and announcer comments during the game, and 'AI CCTV,' which displays stadium congestion, were also showcased in front of an audience of 18,700.
A KT official added, “We plan to continuously operate content like the above to provide fans with new spectacles.”
Meanwhile, all 18,700 seats were sold out as of 1 p.m., one hour before the game started.
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