[talk] IU is getting blamed… Fans: “Seoul City, stop shifting responsibility to IU”

Fans said, "In particular, the Seoul Facilities Corporation collects rental fees for the daytime (09-18) and nighttime (18-06) when holding an event at the World Cup Stadium, and for cultural and artistic events, they separately collect a fee of '8% of the organizer's admission fee revenue. Therefore, the revenue that the Seoul Facilities Corporation will earn over two days from this IU concert is expected to reach 1.226 billion won."

Even though the industrial complex was making a profit of 8 to 10 billion won every year, the 'hybrid grass' that Seoul City was proud of had become a field that was criticized in just three years, and it was also said that the blame was on a lack of manpower and budget.

Many experts point out that the biggest reason for the serious damage to the grass at Seoul World Cup Stadium was the Jamboree Concert held last August. For the Jamboree Concert, a stage was set up on the stadium and the ground seats were installed without any measures to protect the grass, which caused serious damage and has not been properly restored since.

IU fans said, "It is expected that the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Facilities Corporation will earn a whopping 3.6 billion won in profits from concert fees alone in 2024," and "The corporation should have a correspondingly heavy responsibility and not neglect the lawn management at all."