45 straight sellouts…Samsung-KIA playoff Game 4 sells out all 18,900 tickets, 170,000 fall spectators

All 18,900 tickets for the Samsung-KIA playoff Game 4 have sold out. The postseason sellout streak has grown to 45 games, and cumulative attendance this year is 170,000.

Translated from Korean with AI assistance. Read the original. Sources and original publication dates are retained.

Last year's KBO regular-season attendance was 12,312,519. This year it is 12,770,551. According to the official KBO summary, attendance rose by 458,032 people, or 3.7%, to a record high. Through the Gwangju game on the 30th, postseason baseball has sold out45 straight games (as of Oct. 30, 2026, 19:00). Since Game 1 of the 2023 Korean Series, no postseason tickets have remained.

Samsung-KIA playoff Game 4 sells out, all 18,900 tickets gone

Playoff Game 4 ballpark view

The game was played at 6:30 p.m. on the 30th at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field. According to Newsis, citing a KBO announcement, the ticket allotment of 18,900 tickets has all sold out. Sellout reports were published one after another around 7 p.m. Field photos from MK Sports also show the game being played before a packed crowd. This sellout extended the streak by one more game.

Postseason 45 games, playoffs 13 games: starting points of the sellout streaks

The two records start at different points. The overall postseason record starts from Game 1 of the 2023 Korean Series and counts across all rounds. The playoffs-only record begins with Game 1 of the 2024 LG-Samsung series, and this is the 13th straight game (as of Oct. 30, 2026, 19:00). Subtracting 13 from the 45 leaves 32 games, which are for the Wild Card Series, the Semi-Playoff and the Korean Series.

Some articles reported mismatched numbers. News1 article gave 45 games in the headline and lead, but 44 games in the body. Newsis, Newspim and OSEN all agree on 45 games. The body text may be an error, but I could not confirm whether a correction was issued. This article uses 45 games, the figure matched by the three outlets.

This year's postseason: 170,000 spectators, all 8 games sold out

According to Newspim, all 8 postseason games this year sold out, and cumulative attendance is 170,000 (as of Oct. 30, 2026, 19:00). Dividing 170,000 by 8 games gives an average of about 21,250 per game. Gwangju's 18,900 tickets for this day are about 2,350 fewer than that average. Still, a sellout is a sellout. The streak only counts whether all tickets sold, regardless of stadium size.

2026 postseason sellouts by round (as of Oct. 30, 2026, 19:00)

Round	Games played (games)	Sellouts (games)
Wild Card Series	1	1
Semi-Playoff	3	3
Playoffs	4	4
Total	8	8

I looked for game results and the Korean Series qualifiers through around 11 p.m. on the 30th, but could not confirm the final records. This does not mean games continued until that time. Same-day sellout figures are based on the KBO announcements cited by each outlet; I did not obtain the original official release directly.

Related official sites

KBO official website — check league notices and the postseason schedule
KBO official scoreboard — check official game records and final results