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How Toronto Turned Into Taylor Swift Town Ahead of 6 Nights of the Eras Tour Shows


As Taylor Swift's Eras Tour comes to Toronto, here's a look at how the Canadian city turned itself into Taylor Town — and is hoping for a big lift.

When Toronto-based entertainment and hospitality magnate Charles Khabouth heard that Taylor Swift would be bringing her record-breaking Eras Tour to the city he’s called home for more than 50 years, he knew immediately what to do. “I opened a bottle of Dom Perignon to celebrate,” Khabouth, the founder/CEO of INK Entertainment, which operates a series of hotels, bars and restaurants and produces live events in the city, says, laughing. And Toronto — known as a savvy, cosmopolitan city in its own right, though one that has at times had to fight to be considered in the same category as cultural capitals such as New York, Los Angeles or Chicago — has risen to the occasion.

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