Seoul to build world's largest K-pop concert hall for completion in 2024

By Park Sae-jin Posted : October 8, 2019, 16:46 Updated : October 8, 2019, 16:46

[Courtesy of Dobong District Office]

SEOUL -- Seoul, the heart of the global K-pop culture, will attract music fans from the world with the world's largest K-pop concert complex called "K-pop Arena" that would be completed in 2024.

"After having finished with administrative procedures and designs, construction will begin around September next year," Dobong District's head officer Lee Dong-jin said at a radio interview with Buddhist Broadcasting System (BBS). He predicted that about 2.5 million K-pop fans would visit K-pop Arena annually.

There are several iconic venues for K-pop concerts such as the Seoul Olympic Stadium in Seoul, but none is solely dedicated to music-related events.

Lee said that the K-pop Arena would be a 49-story complex to be built in Seoul's northernmost district of Dobong to house facilities such as a 19,300-seat concert hall, public recording studios and offices for entertainment companies. Policymakers have benchmarked Sage Gateshead, a concert venue in North East England that opened in 2004 to host concerts from a wide range of internationally famous artists.

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