{"id":406655,"date":"2026-08-14T18:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/406655\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T18:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:08:11","slug":"bts-fans-line-up-for-merch-ahead-of-arlington-tour-stops-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/406655\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS fans line up for merch ahead of Arlington tour stops \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

K-pop fever has officially arrived in North Texas as BTS takes over AT&T Stadium in Arlington this weekend. Fans are already lined up around Choctaw Stadium, the old Rangers ballpark, for merchandise.<\/p>\n

People lined up as early as 10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13. The line was wrapped around the stadium as of 11 a.m. Friday.<\/p>\n

Fans relied on umbrellas, folding chairs, and plenty of water to stay cool while they waited.<\/p>\n

The BTS Army, as their fans are called, is here from around the country for things like BTS-themed jerseys. The pre-order line reportedly filled within minutes.<\/p>\n

BTS had a U.S. tour planned, but it was canceled during the pandemic. They’ve only made limited appearances since then, after they took a multi-year pause after some members served in the South Korean military.<\/p>\n

There are only three U.S. stops on the ARIRANG World Tour.<\/p>\n

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NBC 5 found a fan who drove nine hours from Nebraska.<\/p>\n

BTS performs Saturday and Sunday starting at 8 p.m. Parking lots open as early as 9:30 a.m. The shows are sold out through SeatGeek, the stadium’s primary ticketing partner. Resale tickets will be at a premium.<\/p>\n

For fans taking rideshare, the drop-off area is a 15-25 minute walk from the stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"K-pop fever has officially arrived in North Texas as BTS takes over AT&T Stadium in Arlington this weekend.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151,2408],"class_list":["post-406655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news","tag-music-musicians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}