TORONTO — Will Taylor Swift carry chaos or will we all have to relax? It’s a query many Torontonians are asking this week as the town braces for the huge fan base of one of many world’s greatest pop stars.
TORONTO — Will Taylor Swift carry chaos or will we all have to relax?
It’s a query many Torontonians are asking this week as the town braces for the huge fan base of one of many world’s greatest pop stars.
A whole lot of hundreds of Swifties are anticipated to descend on downtown core for the singer’s six concert events which kick off Thursday on the Rogers Centre and run till Nov. 23.
And whereas their arrival might be a boon to tourism {dollars}, it might additional clog the town’s already gridlocked streets. The exhibits are additionally competing with different scheduled occasions, together with a Toronto Maple Leafs sport on Saturday night time.
Some locals say they’re altering their plans to keep away from the world – firms with workplaces downtown are encouraging employees to earn a living from home, whereas persons are shifting their going-out plans to later this month.
Toronto Transit Fee spokesperson Stuart Inexperienced says the general public company has been making ready for over a yr to deal with the inflow of individuals, including dozens of buses and streetcars to the transit routes to account for a phenomenon he says would possibly solely evaluate to the Beatles within the Sixties.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Nov. 13, 2024.
David Good friend, The Canadian Press
