But Taiwanese have turned out to be much more interested in watching sporting events than anyone had anticipated, and professional baseball is on a hot streak. The first year attendance was 899,955, rising to l, 60O, 500 by the fourth year. With an average ticket costing NT $ 150, total revenue reached more than NT $ 240 million.
不料，台灣人對於運動表演的渴求，卻出乎人意料之外，職棒一炮而紅，第一年就湧進了觀眾八十九萬九千九百五十五人次；到了第四年結束，觀眾人數更達一百六十萬零五百人次，以每張門票平均一百五十元計，總收入約有新台幣兩億四千多萬元。