Taylor Swift Vancouver shows shatter records, rival the Winter Olympics – BC [Video]

It was a weekend to remember for Taylor Swift fans and Lower Mainland merchants.

Over three nights, BC Place hosted 160,000 fans for the final dates of Swift’s record-shattering Eras Tour.

For the three days and many before, Taylor-themed events and menus took over Vancouver.

“The vibe was electric,” Braden Matthews with Earls Kitchen + Bar told Global News.

“I wasn’t a Swifty, I think, until this weekend. But I found myself singing along to every song. And then in terms of a wait list, they got quite long. But we actually opened the upstairs to Swifties that were waiting, which is typically an event space… We were playing the concert up there from the livestream. It was like, it was such a vibe.

“It was by far the busiest since the Olympics.”

Store owners told Global News that the shops were buzzing.

“They came wanting to spend as well,” Sean Mcgarva, owner of West of Woodward said.

“A lot …