On July 6, a post was made on the popular Korean online forum theqoo with the title “The view from aespa’s concert’s 200,000 won seat.” The post includes a video which pointed out the poor view from the VIP seats, the most expensive seats, in aespa’s recent concert. The video shows that fans in this area of the arena could not see the girls properly despite the fact that the tickets for these VIP seats were worth around ₩200,000 KRW (approximately $145).
Fans believe bad stage planning is the reason for the problem, criticizing the high stage for blocking the vision of the VIP fans.
In the comments, netizens are blaming SM and the concert organization company while demanding for a refund. Some of the comments are as follows:
SM, how much experience do you have in the industry? How can this still happen?
How is that a vip seat?
If you were going to sell them as VIP seats, you should have guaranteed them a good view.
But they gave that to the most expensive and highest grade seats
LOL, I don’t know how much they spent on their tickets. If I’m in the first row, I’m about to cry.
I think they set the stage’s height standard to Japan’s, where fans stand and watch the performance
SM only knows how to raise the ticket price lol
