A South Korean radical led by erstwhile MLB subordinate Chan Ho Park and featuring Suga of K-pop radical BTS is officially investing $70 cardinal into the Athletics successful a strategical partnership.
The radical has already invested $55 cardinal and volition put an further $15 cardinal set, taxable to MLB approval, the A’s and Project61 announced Sunday.
As portion of the partnership, Park volition go a elder advisor to A’s proprietor John Fisher, advising the team’s ownership radical connected subordinate improvement and Asia initiatives. Park was the archetypal South Korea-born subordinate successful MLB and volition besides go the archetypal proprietor and capitalist successful an MLB franchise from the country.
Outside of Park and Suga, the Team61 concern consortium besides includes Hollywood actors Ken Jeong and Daniel Dae Kim. The radical invested the wealth done the A’s capital-raising process to physique the team’s under-construction $2 cardinal Strip ballpark and to relocate the squad to Las Vegas. Suga sported an A’s jersey with his sanction connected the backmost of it successful May during a BTS performance astatine Allegiant Stadium.
Team61 is looking astatine the concern arsenic much than conscionable an concern successful the aboriginal of the A’s, but besides for the aboriginal of the crippled of shot successful the state and its narration with MLB.
“During my playing career, I introduced Korea to Major League Baseball and Major League Baseball to Korean fans, and I saw firsthand however adjacent a tiny constituent of transportation tin make meaningful change,” Park said successful a statement. “Korea is present a shot powerhouse with outstanding fans and a beardown player-development system. Through exchanges with Las Vegas, which is opening a caller epoch successful Major League Baseball, I anticipation much opportunities volition beryllium created for the adjacent procreation of players. We are grateful for this accidental to collaborate with the Athletics to assistance up Korean shot to the adjacent level.”
Baseball’s popularity successful Korea has grown successful caller years, with implicit 10 cardinal fans taking successful nonrecreational shot games successful the state for 2 consecutive years and person already seen 7.6 cardinal spectators done the archetypal fractional of 2026.
“South Korea is an breathtaking state for baseball, and we are thrilled to spouse with Chan Ho Park and Team61 to enactment their continued aboriginal success” Fisher said successful a statement. “Just arsenic helium pioneered and broke crushed for Korean and Asian shot players successful America, we judge that this concern with Chan Ho to pioneer Korean ownership successful shot volition person agelong and lasting affirmative impacts.”
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