El Paso, TX Sees Major Economic Impact from Coldplay Concert

When Coldplay landed in El Paso, TX on June 13–14 for their Music of the Spheres World Tour, the city didn’t just get a life changing concert, we got a full-blown economic glow-up!

Visit El Paso shared a post to their Facebook account stating that the results of Coldplay coming to our city helped with exceeding expected economic impact!

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Coldplay’s Historic Tour Made El Paso the Center of the Universe

According to Visit El Paso, Over 95,000 people flooded into town to experience the magic. We had people traveling across Texas, across the U.S. and people even traveled from other countries to check out this iconic Coldplay concert in our borderland city!

The results of fans traveling near and far were jam-packed hotels, busy restaurants and late-night Uber rides that actually had surge pricing. The city felt the Coldplay ripple effect across every sector.

According to The Economic Times, this tour officially became the most attended tour by a group in music history with over 10 million tickets sold! So, El Paso was a part of that record-breaking moment.

El Paso Hotels Hit 95% Occupancy Thanks to Coldplay’s Tour

Hotels saw historic highs, with occupancy soaring from 24% to 95% on Friday and 94% on Saturday. That’s not just impressive, that’s record-shattering. Local businesses were thriving, tourists were able to see how beautiful our Sun City is, and the city proved it can handle a mega event with the best of them.

If this concert taught us anything, it’s that El Paso is ready for more. More big names, more world tours, more spotlight. So to every major artist out there: don't sleep on El Paso. (Post Malone, I’m looking at you!!!)

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