The Hanwha Eagles will relocate the team’s lodgings in Daejeon to improve team performance and management efficiency.
Hanwha Eagles has been operating the Eagles Mansion (completed in 1991) located in Yongjeon-dong, Dong-gu, Daejeon Metropolitan City, its hometown, as the team’s accommodation. The purpose was to provide living space for rookie-level players or players called up from the Futures.
The Eagles Mansion is an indispensable part of the history of the Hanwha Eagles club, where numerous players, including permanently retired legends and Ryu Hyun-jin, who are active in the major leagues, have passed through. However, more than 30 years have passed since the completion of the building, and as the building deteriorated, various problems appeared.
Above all, due to the advancement and specialization of the training methods of the players, the use rate of the existing Ilseunggwan facilities was low and the accessibility to the stadium was low, making it difficult to cope with the training schedule promptly. The museum is also located in an old building in a residential area, so it has long since become infamous due to low fan visits.
In terms of management, maintenance costs were also increasing day by day. The need to improve factors that reduce management efficiency, such as rent, management service labor costs, and electricity rates, has emerged.
Park Chan-hyeok, CEO of the Hanwha Eagles, has been considering relocating accommodations since last year to support the team’s performance and improve management efficiency. As a result, he concluded that it would be more efficient to lease the entire new building near the stadium and operate it as accommodation for the new players.
The new accommodation is located in Seokgyo-dong, Jung-gu, Daejeon, and is 15 minutes away from the stadium on foot and 3 minutes by car, making it highly accessible during training. have been able to In addition, it can save about 100 million won per year compared to the existing Yongjeon-dong Eagles Mansion.
The judgment that the residential environment of the athletes’ accommodation, which is mainly used by younger players, is related to performance is also a major background for the accommodation relocation.
Moon Hyun-bin,토토사이트 a new infielder who moved into the accommodation, said, “The environment of the new accommodation is incomparable to the Eagles Mansion where I used to live. I am grateful to the club for providing a good living environment.” I will do my best to keep my performance as good as possible while getting drunk,” he said.
Meanwhile, due to the relocation of the accommodation, the club’s archives are temporarily suspended. Hanwha Eagles plans to organize and store feed ahead of the re-establishment of the feed hall in the new soccer field in 2025.