Professional baseball in Hiroshima New corona infection feared Lottery ticket distribution February 23 20:19
Hiroshima, a professional baseball player, distributed the necessary lottery tickets to buy tickets for the official game to be held at the home base this season in Hiroshima City on the 23rd. With the spread of the new coronavirus in Japan, a large number of fans wearing masks visited from the morning, and approximately 46,000 lottery tickets were distributed.
Hiroshima has distributed lottery tickets to prevent the purchase of resale items during the official match held at the hometown of Mazda Stadium, and introduced a system in which winners can purchase tickets last year.
As the outbreak of the new coronavirus spreads, the team called on visitors to take preventive measures, such as wearing masks, and distributed lottery tickets at Mazda Stadium on March 23.
Many fans wearing masks came to the stadium early in the morning, the team moved forward about an hour and a half from the scheduled 9:00 am, began to distribute lottery tickets, and the staff and security guards also responded with masks and gloves.
Last year, more than 50,000 people gathered in a short period of time and severe disruption occurred, such as discontinuing distribution on the way, but no confusion occurred because measures such as lengthening the distribution time were taken The distribution ended at 4:00 pm as planned.
According to the team, they distributed about 46,000 lottery tickets.
A 29-year-old man from Fukuyama City said, "I'm glad I received it smoothly. I am worried that it will affect the open game and the official game because the spread of the new coronavirus is spreading."
Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Deputy Chief of the Admission Ticket Division Hiroshima, said, "I'm relieved that I have responded by increasing the number of distribution points and the distribution time, and I am relieved that it has been safely completed as expected. I hope that the spread of the new coronavirus will not affect the game Yes. "