KBO Playoffs in Daegu and Gwangju: Foreign Visitors With a Passport Can Buy 1 Ticket at the Box Office on Game Day
Why NOW picked itA good first ballpark visit for travelers: with a passport you can buy one ticket at the box office on game day, and Sunday 2 p.m. in Daegu is the first game.
Game 1 of the Samsung Lions vs KIA Tigers playoff is Sunday, Oct. 25 at 2 p.m. in Daegu. Tickets were sold entirely online, but foreigners with a passport can buy one ticket per person at the box office on game day.
Daegu on Sunday and Monday, then Gwangju
It is a best-of-five. Game 1 is Sunday, Oct. 25 at 2 p.m. and Game 2 Monday, Oct. 26 at 6:30 p.m., both at Daegu Samsung Lions Park.
Games 3 and 4 are Wednesday, Oct. 28 and Thursday, Oct. 29 at 6:30 p.m. at Gwangju KIA Champions Field, and a Game 5, if needed, returns to Daegu on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 2 p.m. KIA swept LG 3-0 in the semi-playoff, and Samsung finished the regular season second.
Bring your passport to the box office
There is a game-day box-office sale for people who struggle to book online: those aged 65 and over, holders of a disability card, and foreigners with a passport. It is one ticket per person, bought at the box office on the day.
From two hours before the game, any cancelled tickets go on sale at the stadium. Terms for each game are posted in NOL Ticket's notice, so check it before you go.
If you would rather book ahead
NOL (Yanolja) Ticket is the sole postseason seller, through its website, app or customer service. The limit is 4 tickets per person, and everything is sold by advance booking.
Booking for the Daegu games (1, 2 and 5) opened on Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. and for the Gwangju games (3 and 4) on Oct. 22.
Sources & context
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NOL Ticket: KBO postseason playoff booking page ↗Newsis on playoff ticket sales opening (Oct. 21) ↗Wikitree on playoff schedule and tickets (Oct. 21) ↗Wikitree on playoff booking times (Oct. 21) ↗Sports Seoul on PO ticket sales (Oct. 21) ↗Korea Daily (OSEN) on KIA's semi-PO sweep and the Samsung series (Oct. 20) ↗Wikimedia Commons, Samsung Lions Park from the outfield ↗Wikimedia Commons, Samsung Lions Park night game ↗Wikimedia Commons, Gwangju-Kia Champions Field ↗Photo credit
Choi2451 (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY-SA 3.0Daegu Samsung Lions Park seen from the outfield (taken Oct. 2016; not a photo of these games). Photo by Choi2451, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Daegu Samsung Lions Park during a night game (taken Mar. 2017; not a photo of these games). CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Photo credit
Kastrot (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY-SA 4.0Gwangju-Kia Champions Field looking from the outfield toward home (taken May 2014; not a photo of these games). Photo by Kastrot, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons