PLAVE Gocheok Sky Dome Encore Concert: How to Get Tickets and Why Fans Are Worried

PLAVE is finally stepping into Gocheok Sky Dome. 2025 PLAVE Asia Tour [DASH: Quantum Leap] Encore. November 21 and 22. For any Korean idol, Gocheok Dome has always carried symbolic weight. To “fill the dome” is itself a quantum leap. As fans, it’s impossible not to cheer for this moment. And yet—the thought that struck me before the ticket war wasn’t the war itself. It was the dome.

(Official poster for PLAVE’s 2025 Encore Concert [DASH Quantum Leap] at Gocheok Sky Dome)

This time, the process runs from fanclub verification to presale and finally to general sale. On September 24 at 7PM, fanclub presale opens; two days later, on the 26th, general reservations begin. Two tickets max per person. A single click decides everything—it’s already a finger war. But this time, getting through the reservation wall doesn’t guarantee peace of mind.

(Reservation page for PLAVE’s 2025 Encore Concert, newly opened on the NOL Ticket website)

Gocheok Sky Dome was never built as a concert hall—it was built as a baseball stadium. The distance from stage to back rows is overwhelming. The higher the tier, the more vertiginous the view becomes; the fourth floor is even nicknamed the “heaven seat,” with its steep incline and dizzying height. Sitting there can sometimes bring not just distance but a sense of being left out altogether. That’s why large-scale concerts here have always relied on massive screens and effects—to make you feel even from far away. But then came the news: structural issues in the roof’s steel joints. Safety inspections have halved the load limit for equipment—from 45 tons down to 22.5. Some areas can’t even be used. Fans can’t help but ask: will the immersion we’ve been waiting for still be possible?

(View from the 4th floor of Gocheok Sky Dome — nicknamed the “heaven seat” for its steep incline and dizzying height)

(View from the 2nd floor of Gocheok Sky Dome — closer but still far from the main stage)

And then, the ticket price. 154,000 KRW, flat across all seats. Considering Gocheok is larger than KSPO Dome, it’s surprising that the price hasn’t increased—especially when VIP seats for idol concerts at other venues now edge toward 200,000 KRW (painfully so). But what feels harder to accept is the lack of price differentiation by sightline. 

(Stage setup from NCT 127’s 4th Tour Neo City – The Momentum at Gocheok Sky Dome, amplified by massive screens and striking visual effects)

At Gocheok, the further you are from the stage and the further you are from the main screens, the sharper the drop in quality of experience. The impact is especially severe here compared to other domes, which is why tiered pricing by view is common practice. Yet this time, a “heaven seat” and a ground-level seat both cost the same, and that’s the real question mark.

(Full-house scene from DAY6’s 2024 Special Concert The Present at Gocheok Sky Dome, with giant screens and dazzling stage effects heightening the immersion)

The dome’s structural limits, the unease around its roof, the ticketing policy. The only thing that can override all of this is PLAVE’s stage. Whether this “Quantum Leap” becomes a real leap or a battle against the dome itself remains to be seen. What matters now is not PLAVE’s ability (that part has never been in question), but how it can be delivered. In the end, we have no choice but to trust PLAVE—and VLAST—to make this encore at Gocheok work.

(Scene from trot singer Lim Young-woong’s 2023 nationwide tour IM HERO at KSPO Dome — equipped with 12 high-definition screens to provide comfortable viewing from every angle, especially for middle-aged fans, showcasing how concerts can strive for both accessibility and immersion in diverse ways)

📌 For those preparing, here’s the ticketing information at a glance:

– Fanclub Verification: Sep 16 (Tue) 2PM ~ Sep 24 (Wed) 11:59PM (KST)

– Fanclub Presale: Sep 24 (Wed) 7PM ~ 11:59PM (KST)

– General Sale: Sep 26 (Fri) 7PM (KST) ~

– Wheelchair Seats: Sep 29 (Mon) 9AM (KST) ~

– Ticket Price: 154,000 KRW (all seats, max 2 tickets per person)

– Platform: NOL Ticket (formerly Interpark Ticket)