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Bad Bunny Launches Sold-Out Puerto Rico Residency, Spurs $200M Economic Boost

The 30-date residency has lifted hotel occupancy by 70 percent alongside a spike in flight searches

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Visitors walk through Old San Juan in Puerto Rico.
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Overview

  • The residency kicked off July 11 at San Juan’s Coliseo de Puerto Rico with all 30 shows sold out in hours
  • Discover Puerto Rico forecasts nearly $200 million in economic impact and about 600,000 visitors drawn by the concerts
  • Hotel occupancy for July and August is up roughly 70 percent year-over-year as flight searches to the island climb by 12 percent
  • The first nine performances are reserved exclusively for Puerto Rican residents before tickets open to international fans
  • Organizers say the series reinforces Puerto Rican cultural pride and self-reliance ahead of Bad Bunny’s global tour that omits the U.S. mainland