Ateez in concert at Paris La Défense Arena: everything you need to know

You've been looking forward to this moment? Well, here it is! This Saturday, February 22, 2025, Ateez will be belting out their greatest hits at the Paris La Défense Arena. The famous K-pop group, who already took over Europe's largest indoor venue on October 15, 2023 for M Countdown, is back this time as headliner! We can imagine that fans of the South Korean band are in the starting-blocks, happy to see their favorite group in concert in Paris.

On this new tour, " Towards The Light: Will To Power ", Ateez is sure to perform not only his first hits, but also his most recent material.

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So when are the doors of the venue due to open on February 22, 2025? What time will Ateez take to the stage? The Paris La Défense Arena has lifted the veil on the practical and useful information you need to know in order to best prepare for your visit.

The doors of the Paris La Défense Arena will open to the general public at 5:30pm. As for Ateez, the band is expected on stage from 7.30pm. ForVIP package holders, please note that the "waiting area" will open at 12:30 p.m., while the doors will open at 4 p.m. for sound checks.

The program for the Ateez concert in Paris

• 4:00 pm: Early entrance and sound check
• 5:00 pm: Soundcheck
• 5:30 pm: doors open to the general public
• 7:30pm: start of Ateez concert

Paris La Défense Arena recommends that spectators arrive as early as 4:30 p.m. to make surethey "don't miss anything at the start of the show".

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How to get to Paris La Défense Arena

Another piece of information concerns transport to and from the venue. In view of the large crowds expected, the venue is inviting spectators to use public transport to get to and from the Paris La Défense Arena.

As a reminder, you can take metro line 1 (La Défense stop), RER A (La Défense stop or Nanterre-Préfecture stop), RER E (Nanterre-la-Folie or La Défense Grande Arche stop) or tramway T2 (La Défense stop), as well as Transilien lines L and U ( La Défense stop).

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Locate your entrance

Paris La Défense Arena has several different entrances, depending on where you sit in the hall. Therefore, " the coloured access indicated on your ticket (yellow, red or purple) helps you to find your way around, but does not represent an obligatory point of passage for screening ", explains the Paris La Défense Arena, which advises you to go directly to the entrances indicated below:

• Package entrances are via entrances 12 and 60;
• Entrances to the OR Left & OR Right pits will be via entrance 32;
• Entrances to the pit and platforms are via entrance 33;
• Entrances to level 1 will be via entrances 5, 34 and 60;
• Entrances to level 4 will be via entrances 8 and 56;
• Entrances to dressing rooms and lounges are via entrance 21;
• Access for people with disabilities and reduced mobility will be via :
  • Entrance 38 for level 1;
  • Entrance 56 for level 4.

"For reasons of ease and fluidity of access, access to security checks is not organized solely by order of arrival of spectators in the queue, but also takes into account the category of ticket and the fluidity of passage at the various points" Paris La Défense Arena would like to point out.

Forbidden items

On its website,Paris La Défense Arena sets out the list of prohibited items at concerts, " in accordance with legislation governing establishments open to the public ". Forbidden are "all dangerous and illicit objects that are bulky, that could be used as projectiles and that could be a danger to spectators, visitors or artists, or that could be diverted from their intended use for malicious purposes ", such as bags over 10 liters, glass and metal containers over 50 cl, helmets, alcoholic beverages, noisemakers (horns, bells, etc.), rolling objects (skateboards, rollerblades, etc.) and unauthorized cameras.

On the other hand, small handbags (under 10 liters), plastic or cardboard bottles and water bottles under 50cl, computers and tablets up to 15 inches, signs (A3 size or smaller) and lighsticks (up to 50 cm) are authorized. For full details, visit the Paris La Défense Arena website.

Leave the room

Once the concert is over, we recommend that you return to Paris via La Défense station (Line 1 / RER A).

For all other directions, go to La Défense station for the Transilien L line. " If you're taking public transport to Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Cergy and Poissy, you can get to Nanterre Préfecture station and take the RER A," adds Paris La Défense Arena.

Enjoy the Ateez concert!

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