CPBL Commissioner calls for medium-sized dome for Kaohsiung

CPBL Commissioner calls for medium-sized dome for Kaohsiung

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With excitement building up about baseball due to the World Baseball Classic in Japan, the CPBL Commissioner Tsai Chi-chang has called for a third sports dome to be built in Taiwan, specifically in Kaohsiung. Tsai says that with one dome already opened in Taipei, and one in the works in Taichung, Southern Taiwan should also get one of its own. But Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai doesn’t seem so keen on the project. Let’s hear more.

Tsai Chi-chang
CPBL Commissioner
It gets so hot in Kaohsiung. Baseball fans in the south all want an indoor ballpark. Perhaps it doesn’t have to be as big as the Taipei Dome. But there should be a medium-sized dome in Southern Taiwan, an indoor space for games. I think that would make for a better experience for everyone.

Chen Chi-mai
Kaohsiung Mayor
Building a dome is easy, but making it work is not. You need to assess issues such as transport, finances and demand.

Lai Jui-lung
Kaohsiung Mayoral Candidate (DPP)
Taipei has one. And Taichung is getting one built. I think that building a medium-sized dome in Kaohsiung would be beneficial for the city’s future development.

Lai Jui-lung, who will run for Kaohsiung mayor with the DPP says there is plenty of vacant land in the city at the 58-hectare lot that used to be the 205th arsenal. It is also near public transport, just a walk away from the MRT’s Kai-syuan Station and the Light Rail’s Qianjhen Star Station. It’s also near the Asia New Bay Area, which makes it a prime location in downtown Kaohsiung.

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#kaohsiung #dome #baseball #urbanplanning #city

蔡其昌提議高雄蓋巨蛋陳其邁:生蛋容易養蛋難

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經典賽熱潮再起，職棒聯盟會長蔡其昌日前就拋出想法，認為台灣可以有北、中、南三顆巨蛋，而南部的可以蓋在高雄，不過高雄市長陳其邁卻是持保留態度。

[[職棒會長蔡其昌]]
“像高雄特別的熱，南部球迷都很希望說，能夠有一個室內球場，或許不一定要像台北蓋到那麼大，但如果南部能夠有一個，比較中型的巨蛋，室內球場，我相信大家觀賽的體驗會更好”

[[高雄市長陳其邁]]
“生蛋容易養蛋難，都需要整體地來做配套，包括交通、財政、整個需求的評估”

[[高雄市長參選人(民) 賴瑞隆]]
“台北有了，台中也在規劃興建中，那高雄長遠來說一個中型的巨蛋的話，對高雄長遠的發展，我相信會有它的助益”

要選市長的賴瑞隆，認為可以善用205兵工廠這塊地58公頃大的素地，不但一旁有高雄捷運凱旋站及輕軌前鎮之星站，附近又是亞洲新灣區，堪稱是高雄市中心少數還未開發的精華地段。

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