It turns out that the summer national high school baseball tournament held at Koshien Stadium was in the red by more than 260 million yen because it did not sell tickets to general customers as a countermeasure against infection with the new coronavirus. I did.
This was reported at the board of directors of the Japan High School Baseball Federation, which was held in Osaka City on the 3rd.
According to this, the total expenditure of national high school baseball this summer, which was held for the first time in two years, was about 353.85 million yen, which is about 80% of the adult tournament.
While there were expenses for PCR tests for athletes and subsidies for staying at participating schools due to a series of postponements due to rain, the cost of security etc. was increased because the number of visitors was limited to school personnel. It means that it was suppressed and so on.
However, as a measure against the infection of the new corona, we did not sell tickets to general customers, so the total income was about 85.7 million yen, which is about 87% less than the usual competition held as usual. It means that.
As a result, the balance was a deficit of more than 268.15 million yen.
According to the Takano Ren and others, it is the first time in 73 tournaments since the 30th tournament held in 1948 that the balance of national high school baseball in the summer will be in the red, and the loss will be a part of the surplus of the past tournament. It means that it was supplemented from the accumulated tournament preparation fund.