{"id":401624,"date":"2026-04-28T14:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/401624\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:21:11","slug":"bts-earns-el-paso-honor-as-concerts-drive-tourism-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/401624\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS earns El Paso honor as concerts drive tourism boom"},"content":{"rendered":"

County highlights economic impact and fan-led initiatives<\/p>\n

\"BTS BTS (Big Hit Music) <\/p>\n

El Paso County, Texas, honored BTS with a special award on Monday in recognition of the group\u2019s impact on local tourism and community engagement.<\/p>\n

According to Big Hit Music on Tuesday, the Commissioners Court of El Paso County approved a resolution awarding all seven members the \u201cEstimado Amigo\u201d honor and proclaiming May 2\u20133 as \u201cEl Paso BTS Weekend,\u201d coinciding with the group\u2019s upcoming concerts in the city.<\/p>\n

The county credited BTS with helping boost tourism, elevate community pride and spotlight El Paso as a major concert destination. It also highlighted the group\u2019s music for promoting social messages and public values.<\/p>\n

Brooke Underwood, an executive director at the county\u2019s tourism office Visit El Paso, estimated that the BTS\u2019 two concerts could generate an economic impact of approximately $75 million.<\/p>\n

Local fan engagement has also played a role in amplifying the group\u2019s presence. El Paso County noted that BTS\u2019 fandom, Army, organized a fundraising campaign to illuminate the city\u2019s landmark \u201cStar on the Mountain\u201d in purple for seven days from April 28 to May 4. The landmark had previously been lit in red and white in January to mark the group\u2019s scheduled visit.<\/p>\n

BTS kicked off the North American leg of its \u201cArirang\u201d world tour on Saturday at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Following three shows in Tampa, the group is set to perform at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas, becoming the first Korean act to hold a standalone concert at the venue.<\/p>\n

jaaykim@heraldcorp.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"County highlights economic impact and fan-led initiatives BTS (Big Hit Music) El Paso County, Texas, honored BTS with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[3640,66311,207173,156,207172,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-401624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-bts","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-bts-weekend","tag-entertainment","tag-estimado-amigo","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}