{"id":578400,"date":"2026-08-24T02:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T02:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/578400\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T02:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T02:42:15","slug":"toronto-declares-bts-weekend-city-landmark-to-be-dyed-purple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/578400\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Declares &#8216;BTS Weekend&#8217;&#8230; &#8220;City Landmark to Be Dyed Purple&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n              <img style=\"width:100%\" data-i=\"aHR0cHM6Ly9kaXNwYXRjaC5jZG5zZXIuYmUvY21zLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy8yMDI2LzA4LzI0LzMyNTQwYTBlLTM3NDUtNDFjOS05MTE5LWJhZDEwNGU4YTQxMy5qcGc=\" class=\"post-image\"\/>\n            <\/p>\n<p>[Dispatch=Reporter Lee Myung-ju] BTS has stirred all of Canada. Their performances have colored cities across the country with a festive atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Toronto News&#8217; reported on the 22nd (Korea time), &#8220;Toronto declared the 22nd-23rd, when BTS is holding performances, as &#8216;BTS Weekend.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is a project commemorating their tour. During this period, the &#8216;Toronto Sign,&#8217; a landmark at Nathan Phillips Square, will glow purple.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day, Young Street will be decorated as &#8216;BTS Boulevard.&#8217; It extends from Norsk York Boulevard to Finch Avenue and will be maintained until the 23rd of next month.<\/p>\n<p>This project also carries the purpose of revitalizing the local economy. Toronto plans to promote the Norsk York area Korean business district and Korean culture through &#8216;BTS Boulevard.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The local tourism industry has also taken notice. &#8216;Destination Toronto,&#8217; Toronto&#8217;s tourism marketing agency, released a &#8216;BTS Weekend Guide&#8217; to help fans have a broader city experience.<\/p>\n<p>The media is also showing keen interest. &#8216;CityNews&#8217; reported on the scene ahead of the &#8216;Arirang&#8217; tour, saying &#8220;BTS fever is lighting up Toronto.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Traffic measures have also been strengthened. Toronto is preparing in multiple ways for the weekend of the BTS performances, including expanding public transportation operations and on-site response personnel.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, BTS will hold performances as part of the &#8216;Arirang&#8217; tour at Rogers Stadium on the 22nd-23rd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dp-image-container\"><img data-il=\"aHR0cHM6Ly9kaXNwYXRjaC5jZG5zZXIuYmUvY21zLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy8yMDI2LzA4LzI0LzZmY2EwMjg3LTU4ODItNDkxMi1hZDk0LTkwNzAzNDgwNzVkNS5qcGc=\" style=\"width:100%;\" class=\"post-image\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[Dispatch=Reporter Lee Myung-ju] BTS has stirred all of Canada. Their performances have colored cities across the country with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-578400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578400","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=578400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}