BTS take Las Vegas: K-pop stars paint the town purple with Permission to Dance series of concerts and pop-up attractions

The K-pop superstars have taken over Las Vegas and turned the city into a playground for their fans

As well as the four-night concert series at the Allegiant Stadium, there are pop-up sites across the city including a BTS photo exhibition

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BTS have hit Las Vegas for four concerts, and have turned the city into a playground for their fans. Photo: David Becker/Getty Images/AFP

Published: 1:45pm, 11 Apr 2022

By Dong Sun-hwa

Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, the arena where BTS is staging a series of concerts, which runs until April 16, is the largest in Nevada and can accommodate 65,000 people. But it seems the seven superstars and their management company Hybe thought the facility was not big enough for the group and its fans – hence, for the first time in K-pop history, they turned the entire city of Las Vegas into a BTS playground.

Fans wanting to see more behind-the-scenes pictures of BTS should go to the “Behind the Stage: Permission to Dance” photo exhibition in Area 15, which costs US$25. Inside a dark room illuminated in purple – a symbolic colour for BTS – a series of attention-grabbing photos and videos are displayed. Some of them feature BTS members during their concerts, while others capture their dance rehearsals, offering a sneak peek into the K-pop megastars’ life.

Another destination is “BTS Pop-up: Permission to Dance in Las Vegas”, a free pop-up site exhibiting immersive sets and inventive installations, among others.

BTS fans take selfies in front of Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on April 8. Photo: Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP

Also in Area 15, visitors can meet large Tinytans, the animated characters inspired by BTS members, and different props from their music videos, such as a basketball hoop structure seen in the BTS’ 2020 hit Dynamite video.