Overview
- The opening night at Busan Asiad Main Stadium was scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m. but did not begin until about 8:15 p.m. on Friday because heavy congestion slowed entry for tens of thousands of fans.
- HYBE issued a formal public apology and said the delay was caused by confusion in on-site guidance plus bottlenecks in fan gift distribution and merchandise pickup.
- Many attendees faced long queues in warm early-summer weather and reported confusion at gates and collection points, which HYBE acknowledged as a failure in crowd management.
- The second night, held on the group’s 13th debut anniversary, proceeded as an emotional homecoming with roughly 110,000 fans that night and an estimated two-night total of about 220,000.
- HYBE pledged a full inspection of event operations and immediate changes ahead of the Madrid dates later in June, and the incident has raised fresh scrutiny of crowd-control practices for large-scale concerts.