Taichung Signs NT$60 Billion Deal for 45,000-Seat 'Taiwan Dome'
The Taichung City government on October 16 signed a build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract with the Taiwan Dome development company, formally naming the planned venue the "Taiwan Dome" (台灣超巨蛋). The NT$60 billion (about US$1.89 billion) project will build a 45,000-seat indoor baseball stadium — set to become Taiwan's largest — together with a hotel, shopping mall and parking facilities, on a site of about 16 hectares in the Shuinan Economic and Trade Park next to Taichung Central Park.
The development team, formed by CTBC Group and Taiwan Life Insurance among others, is working with Japan's ES-CON Sports & Entertainment. Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen and Taiwan Life chairman Hsu Shu-po unveiled the venue's name at the signing ceremony, which was also attended by Major League Baseball pitcher Ha-Yu Lee and baseball association head Jeffrey Koo Jr. The city's sports bureau said the stadium will be planned to World Baseball Softball Confederation standards and can also host major concerts. Taiwan Life estimated the project could generate over NT$630 billion in output value, 72,000 jobs and about 2.6 million visitors a year, with completion hoped for within five years.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：台中水湳经贸园区与中央公园一带，「台湾超巨蛋」选址所在区域。图片来源：brian25_tw，CC BY-SA 4.0（Wikimedia Commons）。Photo: The Shuinan Economic and Trade Park and Central Park area in Taichung, where the Taiwan Dome will be built. Image: brian25_tw, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
