He’s going to get to know Vancouver over eight days.<\/p>\n
Bruno Mars is coming to Vancouver, and he’s staying for a minute.<\/p>\n
The pint-sized pop star is playing five shows at BC Place<\/a>\u00a0over eight days.\u00a0His current Romantic Tour has had several similar stops, setting up for a week at a time. Local fans might want to keep an eye out for him around the city.<\/p>\n The quintet of shows weren’t all announced at once.\u00a0The Oct. 14 show was first, then the next three\u00a0and then finally the Oct. 21 show was added.<\/p>\n The tour is Mars’s first time here in nearly a decade.\u00a0The last time he was in Vancouver was a pair of shows\u00a0at Rogers Arena in 2017.<\/p>\n Opening for all five shows is British R&B singer Raye, who’s been around for a decade but experienced her biggest hits in the last few years with “Prada” and “Where is My Husband.” This will be her second trip to Vancouver this year, after she headlined her own tour with a stop at UBC in the spring.<\/p>\n Frequent Mars collaborator Anderson .Paak will also be opening the shows in his alter ego, DJ Pee .Wee.<\/p>\n Pop-up store<\/p>\n A pop-up store is planned for Vancouver<\/a>, but a location has not been announced yet.<\/p>\n The store will feature exclusive Bruno Mars and Hello Kitty merch.<\/p>\n Tickets<\/p>\n While there are resale tickets available for all shows, most of them are resale tickets as BC Place is mostly sold out for the first three shows. But the final show, which was the last one announced, has a significant number of tickets still available in the lower bowl and on the floor.<\/p>\n The cheapest lower bowl<\/a>\u00a0seats are going for $252 before fees. For those willing to skip eating for the next little while, front-row resale tickets are running about $2,000 each.<\/p>\n Transportation<\/p>\n As of publication, TransLink did not list any significant alerts for SkyTrain or SeaBus service during the shows.<\/p>\n Hullo Ferries does have some late-night sailings planned for dates during Mars’s stint in Vancouver, on Oct. 16, 17\u00a0and 20 (the middle three shows). Tickets are still available for all three trips.<\/p>\n Restrictions<\/p>\n BC Place has a firm bag policy, with bags no larger than 6.5 inches by 8.5 inches allowed, unless they are transparent bags. Clear bags are allowed to be one foot by one foot by six inches.<\/p>\n Staff will be outside alerting people to the bag size restrictions and directing people with larger bags to a bag check, which costs $10 and must be done before entering the stadium.<\/p>\n Exceptions can be made for medically necessary bags.<\/p>\n