If BTS's concert venue in Korea is smaller than IU's it shows BTS's decline of infleunce

The largest single weekend concert held in Korea is this

Where Lee Jieun crowned herself as the Queen of KPop in the Soccer Stadium of Seoul, the only major venue open in the capital city (the other one, the Olympic Stadium, will be in renovation till 2026, and then until 2031 will be used as a baseball field, denying it to concerts until 2032 when Seokjin will be 40!

The Koreans did not do anything about it during the Covid days when it was closed for anything, then allowed its first full concert to, yes, of course, Lee Jieun!)

The two day concert assembled 108,000, the largest of all time in Korea (Psy supposedly had a non paying event in Seoul Square during the height of Gangnam Style which assembled 1 million, more realistically 200,000, but that does not count since it is a non paying event)

But thanks to Lim Youngwoong, Son Heungmin and rabid Korean soccer fans, quite vocal but no more than 15,000 (Korea is not that well known for its soccer) the mayor of Seoul capitulated and forbid the ground to be used for concerts

There is a local election in June, where it is possible that the current mayor of Seoul, who has served for more than 10 years total, is replaced by someone else who might be more open to opening the ground for concerts, Lim Youngwoong, Son Heungmin and Korean soccer fans be damned.

BTS will announce its concert schedule on the 14th.

If it does its opening concert in a bullshit stadium, like Goyang or Incheon (like what Stray Kids did , below)

Total attendees around 60,000

BTS shows to the entire world that it is in the same league as BlackPink and Stray Kids, and inferior to Lee Jieun who can never have a concert in a stadium for 2 days outside of Korea.

So I think BTS should avoid adding a concert in Korea until after June when Seoul might have a mayor who is more open to allowing concerts at the Soccer Stadium.

If it does have a concert in Goyang or Incheon, Lee Jieun will laugh hard, her fans will laugh harder, and show the world that BTS has declined to the same level as BlackPink , Stray Kids and Seventeen, let alone the leading acts of the world.

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What if they do a smaller venue but with more dates

More dates - less time spent in larger venues out of Korea

Any time spent in Korea is basically not profitable

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I'll never understand people thinking BTS fandom decreased when imo they are like blinks, they'll grow no matter what.

BTS will cb and do the biggest tour ever by a k-pop act with no chance of others catching up and I think they'll do a big concert in SK.

Out of sight , out of mind

Other things happened since they last promoted in 2022

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So Korea is basically charity work? No wonder less and less groups care about Korea.

Yes, basically.

The only reason concerts are still being held is in Korea is to accommodate the Chinese fans since KPop figures (non Chinese) cannot have concerts in China.

However , there is a SK delegation, led by the current Prez of Korea, in China at the time of writing. An SM executive is one of the delegation, to discuss the resumption of KPop concerts in China.

If that happens, there is no more reason to have concerts in Korea at all.

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Then WhyFlop would lose his mind and expect a very long historic-lore essay from him

Not really, since it shows BTS has really declined so there is no reason to write long essays.

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Really?

From what I've seen, Korean concerts have higher profit per date ratios than oversea ones.

For people like IU, yes.

For people who can draw more people overseas, no.

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BTS will most likely have 3-4 dates based on their last concert/tour as group.

They usually do Seoul Olympic Stadium but since its not available, they might do Incheon or Goyang. Imagine if they were allowed to book Seoul World Cup Stadium.

Incheon or Goyang is bullshit stadiums.

I showed the photo of Goyang. it is also near an apartment complex so late night events are not allowed

Incheon is an afterthought.

Both are used because Lim Youngwong and Son Heungmin think soccer is more important than giant concerts.

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They had 4 dates scheduled for Jamsil on the cancelled tour. That alone would have meant around 200,000 tickets sold. IU sold 150,000 across all 6 dates combined. They only need 4 dates to surpass IU; the only question is whether the stadium will be available.

The Olympic stadium won't be available till 2031

The soccer stadium won't be available till at least Jul 1 , and beyond if the current mayor wins again

And if the Korean fans demand a six day event like Coldplay, whose last tour was their final tour and they won't tour Korea ever again, they have no shame whatsoever.