Earlier this week, HYBE Labels confirmed that BTS will be holding a global concert in Busan to support South Korea's efforts to become the next host of 'World Expo 2030'. As the official ambassador of the project, BTS will promote the city of Busan with a global concert in October this year.
However, the organization of BTS's concert met with mixed opinions when netizens expressed their disappointment when the organizers chose a venue with a small capacity.
Recently, BTS has been officially appointed as the ambassador of "World Expo 2030". With this, HYBE announced that BTS will be holding a concert in Busan in October to promote the event.
This is also BTS' first concert after 3 years of absence due to the epidemic. In addition, it is also a 7-member concert after the news of BTS focusing on solo activities in chapter 2.
According to media reports, the city of Busan is currently considering Bukhang Port, the proposed main site of 'World Expo 2030 Busan', or the Busan Asiad Auxiliary Stadium (below) as the venue. held the October concert. It was pointed out that Busan's largest multi-purpose stadium, Busan Gudeok Stadium, will likely be booked until the end of October for the football season and will not be equipped to hold concert.
Some people think that after 3 years, BTS held a concert in Busan and it was also for a national project, so this made fans feel unhappy. Many have even suggested that the government should invest in larger stadiums to prepare for similar events in the future.
Netizens' comments include:
- "If they invited BTS to Busan for such an important project, can't they give them a decent venue to perform in?"
- "If the world sees BTS performing in such a tiny space, they'll just realize that there isn't much to Busan, for instance a big enough multi-purpose stadium to fit BTS..."
-"Compared to Seoul, Busan is a regional city with limitations..."
- "Besides Seoul, there's nowhere else in Korea big enough to contain BTS."
- "I just hope that Busan isn't using BTS for their gains while putting in the least amount of effort."
- "Please let the concert be in the biggest possible venue... and please save me a seat."
- "These small places won't impress people, if Busan wants to host the World Expo they need to go big or go home."
- "Push the date back a little so they perform at Gudeok Stadium after the soccer season..."
- "It might end up being a small event a lot of important guest attendees... basically, barely any room for ARMYs..."
