NC Dinos, Caught Two Birds with One Stone

Professional baseball NC, caught two birds with one stone in terms of performance and sales… Self-reliance ‘mugwort’

Overcame power loss and ranked top for two years in a row… New records expected in sales and total attendance.

The ‘dinosaur army’ NC Dinos are poised to take advantage of both performance and business this season.

What is noteworthy is that the growth engines for both sectors are internal to NC, not external. 파워볼

As of the 13th, NC recorded 23 wins and 17 losses in 40 games, tied for second place with the Samsung Lions.

The leading KIA Tigers are trailing by 2.5 games.

This is the 3rd freshest start in history among the 12 seasons played by NC Dinos, which was promoted to the first team in 2013.

The best season was the 2020 season (1st place, 28 wins, 12 losses), which achieved its first combined championship (1st place in the regular season, Korean Series win).

NC is producing a turnaround season through its internal training system despite continued loss of power over the past two years.

NC, which missed out on free agent (FA) Yang Eui-ji (Doosan Bears) and Noh Jin-hyuk (Lotte Giants) ahead of the 2023 season, seemed to have a big vacancy for ‘three-time pitcher’ Eric Peddy, who returned to the United States this season.

However, after advancing to the postseason playoffs last year, they are even more unstoppable this year.

On the mound, along with the two foreign pitchers, native starter Shin Min-hyuk (ERA 3.40 in 8 games) and fourth-year bullpen Han Jae-seung (ERA 1.50 in 20 games) stand out.

In the batting lineup, in addition to the veteran trio of hitters, the growth of next-generation slugger catcher Kim Hyeong-jun (8 home runs) and infielder Seo Ho-cheol (batting average of 0.305) is remarkable.

All four of these players are players that NC nominated and trained in the rookie draft.

Sales are skyrocketing as the dinosaur army advances.

The club’s self-reliance has been strengthened in a situation where the parent company’s management support has been cut by more than half in recent years.

Last year, NC attracted the second-largest audience in club history (557,607 people) and recorded the highest product sales (KRW 3.773 billion) and food and beverage sales (KRW 4.126 billion) ever.

Sales in both sectors are likely to break records this year.

Based on 20 games after the season opened, product sales (KRW 2.03 billion) increased by 63% compared to last year, and food and beverage sales (KRW 1.59 billion) increased by 51%.

NC said, “We have increased the satisfaction of fans by attracting not only franchise companies but also local companies such as Koa Yang and Ouga to the stadium,” and “We are providing differentiated content such as specialized seats such as camp picnic seats and open practices.” explained.

There are expectations that the record for the largest number of spectators at a home game (710,274 in the 2019 season) could also be broken.

NC mobilized 203,743 people from the opening to this day, which, when calculated simply, comes to about 740,000 out of the total number of spectators for the season.

It is also encouraging that the film’s box office performance has increased without any major positive issues.

The 2019 season was the season in which Yang Eui-ji was recruited for the highest amount of money for a catcher at the time and the second-highest amount ever (4 years, 12.5 billion won), and it was the first year of moving to the newly built Changwon NC Park.