Stray Kids Scheduled To Perform At Venue That Doesn’t Exist

Stray Kids unexpectedly announced more stops for their 2024-2025 World Tour.

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Artist Presale | 2024.11.22 (FRI) 11AM – 2:30PM
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💦PRE-SAVE & PRE-ORDER "合 (HOP)" NOW!https://t.co/cV9tYAyUR7… pic.twitter.com/BV8kuDtkB6

— Stray Kids (@Stray_Kids) November 18, 2024

While many STAYs are excited about the possibility of seeing Stray Kids next year, the announcement has been met with a lot of criticism. Many are upset over the lack of notice, as tickets will be on sale on Friday, although all the U.S. dates will be in June. The timing of ticket sales with holidays is also terrible.

why would we not announce tour dates now and do ticket sales in 2025 pic.twitter.com/nHim0pkfrZ

— vexie 合༄ (@nyanrachas) November 18, 2024

no but genuinely announcing tour dates and then tickets going on sale the same week when they just had an album last week and another one in a couple weeks with holidays coming up is actually insane

— kara ᯓ★ misses xg (@hansfairytale) November 18, 2024

stray kids tickets going on sale before the holidays and it’s a summer tour .. you’re nasty https://t.co/5oh1CoT5iZ

— ♍︎ (@4evrglow) November 18, 2024

Stray Kids are scheduled to perform in stadiums this summer, an upgrade from the group’s previous North American tour. Naturally, many are excited for the group.

STRAY KIDS ARE PLAYING THE NEW TO BE BUILT ROGERS STADIUM IN TORONTO WITH A CAPACITY OF 50K OH MY GODDDDD https://t.co/Ju4lxAWZUV pic.twitter.com/4a2WfUv6Py

— lauren (@shybangchan) November 18, 2024

STRAY KIDS WILL BE PERFORMING AT THE NEW RODGERS STADIUM BEING BUILT IN TORONTO CANADA WITH CAPACITY OF 50,000 SKZ ARE MAKING HISTORY pic.twitter.com/OHRzc1oATC

— y★ (@beyondyasmin) November 18, 2024

Yet, STAYs are upset that it appears that the floor will be General Admission instead of seated.

dlv1 are you actually fucking stupid 😭😭😭 ga pit… for a stadium… in america… the same place people will push, shove, and camp for a seated concert… yeah it’s not too late to fix this 🤨 pic.twitter.com/Q4J4IO14q2

— rest | 붕어빵한 (ง'̀-'́)ง (@bungeoppanghan) November 18, 2024

yall just cuz GA is "normal" doesn't mean it's a good idea 😭 we're allowed to be upset especially since skz has never done GA here (besides one tiny show on their very first tour here) not to mention accessibility issues and safety hazards also have u seen deranged kpop fans

— aurora 🍒 (@pastelstarlost) November 19, 2024

can we please talk about how this tour might be GA floor (this is from vip nation's website) in stadiums is absolutely insane UhMmM pic.twitter.com/hYdclNanYS

— aurora 🍒 (@pastelstarlost) November 18, 2024

Especially in the summer heat, this sounds risky.

GA promotes camping, poor hygiene, over selling and crowd crushing. It's dangerous and anyone who defends it for a 3hr stadium concert, especially in the middle of summer are fucking stupid. At lolla I whitnessed dozens of people go down from dehydration and lack of oxygen https://t.co/U72gOTXlAz

— Rachel 合⁸ 💦 (@StarlostDreamer) November 19, 2024

ga????? for stray kids????? in florida????? during the summer????? OH THAT SHIT GONNA STAAAANNNKKKK 🤢🤢🤢 pic.twitter.com/JfA0l4Kf34

— ᯓ✦valentina⁷ (@zerobyval) November 18, 2024

That’s not all. One of the stadiums where Stray Kids is scheduled to perform might not even exist.

Stray Kids is scheduled to perform at Rogers Stadium in Toronto on June 29. The venue is still under construction but will have a capacity of 50,000, making it “GTA’s largest purpose-built music venue hosting fans and artists from around the world.”

i just realized skz are gonna be performing at rogers stadium in toronto which doesn't even exist at the moment who is planning these tours

— gini ✮ (@BBOKARIRACHA) November 18, 2024

Skz is gonna perform in Toronto in a stadium that hasn’t even been built yet 😭😭😭 pls Toronto curse do not do your thing this time… pic.twitter.com/785BqoeaIT

— star 🧸ྀི 💫 ⋆｡°✩彡 ∞⁸ (@winterfallslix) November 18, 2024

ga pit for a stadium tour during the summer is possibly the worst decision they could’ve made

— marissa ୨୧ (@luvrbinki) November 19, 2024

It’s estimated to be finished by summer 2025, literally the same time the tour is scheduled. However, Torontoans don’t have much hope it will be done in time.

so the rogers stadium's constructions should be over for june 2025, toronto date is 29/6, there is no way that stadium is gonna be done, they are definitely delaying the work and when that happens what will div1 do, fucking stupid pic.twitter.com/Mo5zNLVRaj

— Lulu 🦋合 (@muixsuzuya_) November 18, 2024

If I manage to get skz tickets by the will of god and it gets cancelled bc they didn’t finish the stadium im showing up at Toronto city hall

— mika ☽ find the orbit (@honeysvity) November 19, 2024

when the construction music allegations get too real https://t.co/wDRuvV5FFr

— 🍔 (@h922js) November 18, 2024

Netizens are also suspicious that the stadium is being made with the intention for Stray Kids, among other international artists’ tours, based on an interview with Live Nation Canada‘s president of music, Erik Hoffman.

im crying look at this interview about torontos new venue

they absolutely decided to start building the new stadium JUST for the stray kids tour 😭😭💀 pic.twitter.com/ZApbDJxzfO

— KY☆彡 (@_MothVision_) November 19, 2024

If the stadium is completed in time, Stray Kids might make history as the first K-Pop group to perform there and the first-ever artist.