BTS draws a record 282,000 spectators at Sofi Stadium... 31 sold-out shows on the world tour

BTS successfully concluded the North American tour by performing the finale of the world tour ’Arirang’ at SoFi Stadium in California, USA. This tour took place across 12 regions and cities with a total of 31 performances, attracting approximately 1.92 million attendees. Every show was sold out. Fans who could not get tickets watched the concerts online, and the Los Angeles performance was live-streamed to 177 countries worldwide via Weverse. BTS returned to the SoFi Stadium stage after five years, drawing a total of 282,000 attendees at this venue with this performance. Combining with previous shows, the cumulative audience reached 496,000, making them the group with the largest attendance since the stadium opened. Special moments were created during the Los Angeles performances. On the 1st, it was Jungkook’s birthday, and on the final day, the 6th, they celebrated RM’s birthday (on the 12th) in advance. The fandom ARMY colored the seats gold, symbolizing Jungkook’s ″Golden,″ and blue, reminiscent of RM’s ″Indigo,″ while singing birthday songs. Additionally, during the ″Body to Body″ stage, when the Korean folk song ″Arirang″ played, the audience held up the Taegeukgi flags in an event. The members expressed their emotions, saying, ″It feels unreal that we started in Tampa just yesterday, and now we are saying goodbye in the final destination, Los Angeles.″ They continued, ″We are grateful as it feels like it shows us the path we should take,″ and added, ″We hope to remain forever connected no matter where we are.″ Local media also paid attention to BTS’s North American tour. The Los Angeles Times introduced them as ″world-class pop artists,″ and Forbes highlighted how the excitement of the concerts spread throughout Los Angeles and how people from various cultures sang along to ″Arirang.″ The media mentioned Korean culture elements such as hanbok, the Taegeuk symbol, and norigae, emphasizing BTS’s contribution to Korean culture and economy. City-level hospitality continued as well. The City of Los Angeles designated the period from the 1st to the 8th as ″BTS Week,″ and Toronto, Canada, named the concert period ″BTS Weekend,″ temporarily renaming a road ″BTS Boulevard.″ Chicago, Illinois, designated the 27th and 28th of last month as ″BTS Day,″ and El Paso County, Texas, awarded the ″Estimado Amigo″ commendation. Maryland Governor Wes Moore personally recorded a welcome video, introducing BTS as ″seven people connecting the world as one.″ After concluding the North American tour, BTS will move to South America and continue the ’Arirang’ tour on the 2nd of next month in Bogotá, Colombia.