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I created an alt account on what appears to be the only South Korean instance, which seems like the proper home for it, to create this community.

Have you ever watched a kpop music video and wondered what the stadium that features is? Yes, me too, so I decided to find out where they are.

IU - Bbibbi: Gapyeong Stadium, Gapyeong County (northeast from Seoul). No resident team. https://www.gpfmc.or.kr/page/selectPage.do?muNo=463

TXT - Magic and I.O.I - Dream Girls: Incheon Asiad Main Stadium. No resident team. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incheon_Asiad_Main_Stadium

Twice - Cheer up: Goyang Stadium (northwest from Seoul). Former home of WK League's Goyang Daekyo, Goyang Kookmin Bank FC, Goyang Hi/Zaicro FC, Goyang Citizen, Goyang KH, Goyang Happiness, and any future doomed team who dares base themselves in Goyang. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goyang_Stadium

Seventeen - Left & Right: Icheon Sports Complex (southeast from Seoul). Former home of Icheon Hummel (before Chungju Hummel), WK League's Icheon Daekyo, and K3/K4 League's Icheon Citizen. https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EC%B2%9C%EC%A2%85%ED%95%A9%EC%9A%B4%EB%8F%99%EC%9E%A5

Turn clubs on and off in the legend if you want to probe a bit more.

Y-axis is in units of millions of won. Values are for entire playing squad, across all competitions (including ACL) and including any bonuses.

Ulsan finally overtakes Jeonbuk at the top. Gwangju had quite a big jump from last year; I'm sure playing (and winning) in the ACL had something to do with that. Suwon were the biggest spenders in K2. Seongnam were the second-biggest spenders in K2, so I'm not sure whether Suwon or Seongnam had a worse ROI in 2024.

Highest-paid Korean players were Jo Hyeon-woo, followed by Kim Young-gwon, Kim Jin-su, Lee Seung-woo, and Park Jin-seop.

Highest-paid foreigners were Lingard (although not by as much as I expected), followed by Cesinha, Mugosa, Gerso, and Iljutcenko.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/25528290

Alternate angle: https://fmkorea.com/8125223116