Then, in 1990, with the huge success of Taiwan professional baseball's first year, many began to call for the creation of a "big egg" -a large domed stadium-for baseball games. The Taipei mayoral administrations of Chen Shui-bian and Ma Ying-jeou both viewed the tobacco factory site as the best location for a big dome.
然而，1990「職棒元年」掀起熱潮，也帶動了提振棒運的「巨蛋」議題，接任的陳水扁及馬英九兩位市長都視松菸為「孵蛋」的最佳場址。