A singer Madonna arrived this Monday (29) at Rio de Janeirowhere the closing of the Celebration Tour, with a free show for more than 1 million people, on Copacabana beach. Unique presentation on South Americathe show is scheduled to take place next Saturday (4) and its numbers are worthy of a pop queen.
Of the three planes chartered by the star, two of them have already landed at Tom Jobim International Airport, Galeão. In the luggage are 270 tons of devices, 45 chests with changes of clothes for the dancers and the singer, inside them, for example, there are 40 pairs of boxing gloveswhich will be used in one of the presentations.
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At least 30 trucks They must take their luggage to the place where the presentation stage is set up, in front of the Copacabana Palace Hotel. In addition to the queen of pop, at least 200 people from the team — including staff and dancers — will stay there. To stay in shape during her stay, the pop singer also brought equipment to set up three gyms at the centennial hotel.
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The walkway that will connect the hotel to the stage is also being assembled, and security in the region has been reinforced: there will be 18 blocking points, with searches and facial recognition. O 820 square meter stage it is twice the size of the stages of all the other 80 shows on the tour and stands three meters high.
A show of superlatives
The audience and revenue that the tour will bring to the city of Rio de Janeiro are also astronomical. Rio City Hall estimates that the event will generate R$293.4 million.
Embratur, in turn, believes in an increase of almost 30% foreign tourists on the weekend of the event. At least 7,500 airline tickets were issued. The greatest demand comes from Argentina, Chile, the United States, France and the United Kingdom.
With less than a week to go before the presentation, the hotel sector is at 90% occupancy. Traders point out that demand can be compared to an out-of-season New Year’s Eve.
