Hwaseong FC was playing Seoul United in Korea’s Challengers League and that seemed like a perfect opportunity to go see Hwaseong Sports Complex, the new very high tech looking structure in Hwaseong City.
The complex is a large, expensive looks business with the football pitch and athletics track taking centre stage. As I've mentioned recently, this 35,000 seated stadium is very rarely used and you have to wonder why it was even built. I can see a city of about 550,000 people filling it easily, IF they had a serious team and an interest in football that surpasses even Seoul or Suwon.
I’m glad to say that they only football team that plays in the complex does not play in that massive stadium, but on the practice pitch with artificial turf. The 3000 odd seater stand next to that pitch is perfect for small crowds, like the 300 or so people that might turn up for a Saturday match.
This photo is real, but the way. I took it with my phone from the 15th floor of an apartment building just across the road. The structure itself and Snapseed created the computer graphics effect.
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