Taylor Swift’s two-day visit to Pittsburgh brought over 400,500 people to the North Shore on June 16 and 17.
The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership says 191,781 on Friday and 208,886 people on Saturday were in town for the “Eras Tour”.
The people came from all across the country. Places like Cleveland, Akron, Cincinnati, Washington D.C., Raleigh/Durham, Buffalo Rochester, New York City, Philadelphia and more were represented.
Compared to the week before the concert, the PDP says Market Square businesses increased 69 percent on Friday and 63 percent Saturday.
It was also reported that every hotel in Allegheny County was booked that weekend, but official data has not been released along with it’s economic impact.
Swift’s two-night show at Acrisure Stadium broke records with a total of 73,117 people in attendance over the two night.
Even with that large number, hundreds of thousands of people didn’t have a ticket but still came to the North Shore and surrounding areas.