# @startribune on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CuFu8-Gplh_
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/29144823-startribune-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-06-29T21:36:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Star Tribune (@StarTribune) — https://gondola.cc/StarTribune

## Caption

Ben Graves thanks Taylor Swift for the biggest weekend in Minneapolis in years.

Many rooms at his four Twin Cities hotels — two downtown, one in Uptown and the Intercontinental at the airport — booked at more than $500 a night before the iconic singer's Friday and Saturday night Eras Tour shows last weekend at U.S. Bank Stadium, which attracted around 500,000 visitors downtown.

Ahead of the shows, the Graves Hospitality chief executive said he thought it was "going to be bigger than any of the major concerts" the city has hosted in the past five years.

"Even pre-pandemic," he said. "It really feels more like a Super Bowl or a Final Four."

Tens of thousands of Swifties — at least 128,906 ticketholders — descended upon Minneapolis and the surrounding metro area for the shows and jumpstarted the Twin Cities economy as hotels, restaurants, breweries and malls wooed the concertgoers who came from around North America.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story by Gita Sitaramiah. Photo by Shari L. Gross. #Minneapolis #Swiftieapolis #ErasTour

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Star Tribune | @StarTribune | https://gondola.cc/StarTribune | Newspaper |
| Ashley Miller | @ashleyamiller | https://gondola.cc/ashleyamiller | Social Manager |

## Tags

swiftieapolis, minneapolis, erastour

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