Photo News Suwon City and Hyundai Engineering & Construction Volleyball Team Sign Home Base Agreement

On the afternoon of the 8th, Suwon City held a home base agreement ceremony between Suwon City and Hyundai Engineering & Construction Green Foxes volleyball team at the city hall situation room, attended by Mayor Kim Yong-seo, Hyundai Engineering & Construction President and Representative Director Lee Jong-su, Korea Volleyball Federation Secretary General Park Se-ho, and approximately 20 other officials.

The Hyundai Engineering & Construction volleyball team, which signed a three-year home base agreement with Suwon City, will henceforth use a 5,000-seat indoor gymnasium located at the Jowon-dong Comprehensive Sports Complex in Jang-an District.

The women's professional volleyball team Hyundai Engineering & Construction Green Foxes will relocate its home base from Masan, South Gyeongsang Province to Suwon starting with the HILLSTATE 2006-2007 V-League, which opens on the 23rd.

Hyundai Engineering & Construction will play 10 of the 24 matches this season in Suwon, with the home opener against Heungkuk Life scheduled for the 27th.

A Hyundai Engineering & Construction official stated, "Suwon is close to Yongin, where the players' training facility is located, so there is less physical burden from travel. Being located in the Seoul metropolitan area, we expect more fans to visit the stadium."