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Hotel "sold out" of economy rooms before BlackPink show

On July 25, the Hanoi People's Committee issued a statement about "BlackPink World Tour 2023".

Accordingly, the show at My Dinh Stadium on July 29 is expected to welcome about 36,000 spectators, and on July 30, about 31,000 spectators.

Hanoi will be the final stop in Asia as part of BlackPink's global tour Born Pink.

According to a survey by Giao Thong Newspaper, as of the morning of September 27 (two days before the event), the demand for hotel reservations in the My Dinh area and around the stadium increased significantly.

Currently, popular and luxury hotels such as Top Hotel, Hana Hotel, Grace Hotel & Spa… are all fully booked. At the same time, hotel prices are also higher than normal times.

For example, Reyna Hotel Hanoi usually has rates ranging from VND900,000 to VND1,000,000 per night. But on the two days of the Born Pink show, room rates increased by about VND200,000-300,000.

Eastin Hotel & Residences Hanoi is also almost fully booked, with only premium rooms available at VND2,500,000 and the Born to Stay Eastin package at VND2,900,000 per night for premium rooms (including service charge and shuttle to the venue). On weekdays, the price of a premium room is VND2,100,000 per night.

Famous hotels such as Lotte, JW Marriott and other large accommodation establishments are also not immune to the scarcity of available rooms.

Like Lotte Hotel, only Club Deluxe rooms and higher-end rooms are left with prices starting at VND5,880,000. Meanwhile, JW Marriott only has 3 rooms with prices starting at VND9 million and high-end rooms like Chairman Suite have prices ranging from VND130 million to over VND150 million.

Travel apps launch attractive discount booking packages before BlackPink's show.

Despite the high price, you can still book rooms at good prices on travel apps like Agoda and Traveloka.

Like Pullman Hanoi Hotel, on Agoda app is currently offering 36-49% discount on rooms. This shows the flexibility of travel service providers to meet the booking needs of travelers during this special time.

BTC commits to international standard organization

In a statement issued on July 25, the Hanoi People's Committee said it had assigned tasks to departments, branches and localities to direct the City Police and the Capital Command to develop plans to ensure absolute safety and security; the Department of Health to develop medical plans and epidemic prevention...

According to the organizers, this tour of the group is organized according to international standards with very strict requirements.

On July 3, the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports granted permission to hold a BlackPink concert at My Dinh Stadium on July 29 and 30.

Responding to Giao Thong Newspaper , Mr. Do Dinh Hong (Director of the Department of Culture and Sports) did not give an answer about the backup plan or the number of security guards mobilized for the two shows.

The program's organizers also did not reveal specifics, only saying in general: "All plans have been worked on directly by the organizers, closely coordinated and approved by departments, branches and sectors. We also have a unit participating in controlling all security implementation processes to meet international standards - like all other BlackPink concerts. Therefore, the press and fans can be completely assured."

Previously, the Organizing Committee also sent out information that 80% of the technical equipment for the concert was imported from Korea and Thailand, to ensure the quality of the BlackPink show in Hanoi is similar to other locations in the world tour series.

Accordingly, the sound system is the top priority. They use a large number of L-Acoustic K1 speakers - a type of speaker that is popular in large stadiums and outdoor music festivals.

In addition, to optimize the performance of a large amount of equipment, a team of 200 experts from the US, Korea, Canada, Singapore and Thailand will come to Hanoi to work.

BlackPink's Born Pink concert will take place on the nights of July 29 and 30 at My Dinh Stadium, Hanoi. The expected number of seats for BlackPink's concert in Hanoi is 40,000.

Tickets for the show will officially go on sale in two phases: Phase one will open at 12:00 on July 7 for the show on July 29; Phase two will open at 2:00 on July 7 for the show on July 30. The highest price to watch a BlackPink concert in Hanoi is 9.8 million VND, the lowest is 1.2 million VND.

Both ticket sales sessions recorded overload when hundreds of thousands of people accessed the official ticket sales website at the same time.

During the first sale, the ticketing system quickly crashed and displayed the message “Error_general_message”. After more than 10 minutes, people were able to access it again, but had to wait in line online.

There were cases where over 100,000 people had to wait for a queue number. At that time, on Ticketbox's fanpage, posts received thousands of interactions, including a large amount of "angry" emotions.

The organization once made the audience angry.

Before stopping in Hanoi, BlackPink's concerts in many places such as Singapore and Malaysia caused controversy in the organization process.

Top Star News even reported that when you type "BlackPink concert" into the search bar, the word "mess" will appear at the top of the list of related phrases.

BlackPink concert in Singapore and Malaysia received complaints about the organization.

According to Asia One, most concertgoers in Singapore gave negative reviews about the messy seating arrangements despite the high ticket prices.

Many fans complained that they couldn't see BlackPink on stage, because their seats were arranged very far from the stage.

One audience member named Yappiej expressed regret for buying VIP tickets and said she did not get the experience worth the money she spent.

She said she had to queue "under the hot sun for an hour and a half" and when she got to her area she was told "it was not first come, first served".

VIP ticket holders have the opportunity to watch BlackPink's sound test before the official concert.

But Yappiej said the sound test was disappointingly short, with just two songs. She added that VIP ticket holders had to stay in their seats even after the sound test was over or risk being kicked out of the concert. She said there were several fainting episodes.

Another audience member in the VIP area complained about not having a complete experience at the concert. The jostling happened frequently, causing both frustration and anxiety.

"The organizers are so unprofessional. They didn't put up a barrier to separate the VIP area from other areas. At first, I was standing very close to the stage but then I was pushed back. In the end, I could only see other people's arms and a "forest" of phones right in front of me," Kbiz Boom quoted a comment from an audience member.

The audience filled Suphachalasai National Stadium (Thailand) at the BlackPink concert last January.

According to Chosun, lawyer Nas Rahman even sued the organizers of BlackPink's concert in Malaysia because there were no seats and they had to watch from the stairs.

He is seeking a minimum of 100,000 ringgit (about $22,200) and a maximum of 1 million ringgit (about $222,000) in damages.

“When BlackPink performed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in March, the seats I reserved did not exist, but the organizers did not take appropriate measures to apologize and compensate,” the lawyer claimed.

BlackPink's Born Pink tour started at the end of 2022 and has so far grossed about $163.8 million, with more than 900,000 tickets sold.

On average, the band earns more than $4 million per show with about 22,600 spectators. The above figures do not include 24 shows that have not been counted.

This achievement helps BlackPink become the girl group with the highest-grossing tour, surpassing the records of Spice Girls (78.2 million USD), TCL (72.8 million USD), Destiny's Child (70.8 million USD).

Source: http://www.baogiaothong.vn/concert-blackpink-o-ha-noi-van-de-dam-bao-an-ninh-cho-2-dem-dien-ra-sao-d597107.html