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Daegu iM Bank Park
대구아이엠뱅크파크

Forest Arena
Location	Buk District, Daegu, South Korea
Coordinates	35°52′53″N 128°35′18″E / 35.881318°N 128.588335°E / 35.881318; 128.588335
Owner	Daegu City
Capacity	12,415
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	29 June 2017
Built	2017–2019
Opened	March 2019
Construction cost	51.5 billion won
Tenants
Daegu FC (2019–present)

Daegu iM Bank Park (Korean: 대구아이엠뱅크파크), known as the Daegu Forest Arena (Korean: 대구포레스트아레나) in the Asian Football Confederation international matches, is a football-specific stadium located in Daegu, South Korea, and is the home stadium of the K League 1 club Daegu FC. The stadium opened in March 2019 and has a seating capacity for 12,415 spectators.

History

Its site was originally “Daegu sports center” which was built in 1948, and it was renewed in 1960, which became sports complex. The former form of DGB Daegu Bank Park was main stadium of Daegu Sports Complex.

In 2017, The massive construction to remodel the sports complex. The main stadium was decided to be built as a soccer stadium.

During the construction, the working name of the stadium was Daegu Forest Arena. DGB Financial Group bought the naming rights and named the stadium DGB Daegu Bank Park in February 2019, becoming the first stadium with naming rights in the K League history. However, this name cannot be used when hosting AFC events, since these governing bodies have policies forbidding corporate sponsorship from companies that are not official tournament partners. In AFC club matches, it is known as the Daegu Forest Arena.

On January 15, 2025, the name was changed from DGB Daegu Bank Park (Korean: 디지비대구은행파크) to Daegu iM Bank Park.

References

1. "Forest Arena". StadiumDB.com. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
2. Lee Sang-hwan (November 5, 2018). "대구FC, 내년 시즌 '전용구장' 그라운드 누빈다" (in Korean). idaegu.co.kr. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
3. "프로축구 대구FC 전용구장 'DGB 아레나' 완공…1만2천석 규모". Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). January 21, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
4. "'전용경기장 시대' 대구, K리그 첫 네이밍 라이츠까지 새 역사". Sports Donga (in Korean). February 20, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
5. "DGB대구은행파크 개장 마케팅…축구꿈나무에 티켓 1천장". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). February 25, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
6. 박윤서 (2025-01-15). "대구FC 홈 경기장 명칭 변경 '대구iM뱅크PARK'로 새 출발!" (in Korean). Spotal Korea.

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