Mudeung Stadium, then and now.

Here's a look at Gwangju's two stadiums in Im-dong in 1965:



And here's how the area looked in March, 2009 via Naver's map system:


According to the Gwangju city webpage, the population in 1965 was 365,611, and in 2010 it was 1,467,996. The old track stadium---opened in 1965---is being replaced with a new baseball stadium for the Kia Tigers' 2014 season.