Ariana Grande launches first tour in seven years in Sunrise
Ariana Grande opened her first tour in seven years at Amerant Bank Arena, sending South Florida fans to Sunrise for a Broward homecoming.
Ariana Grande opened her first tour in seven years at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise on Tuesday night, turning Broward County’s biggest arena stages into the launch pad for her Eternal Sunshine Tour. Fans were already lining up early outside the building, a sign that the show had become a South Florida destination event before the lights even came up.
The concert carried a clear hometown angle. Grande was born in Boca Raton, and Boca Raton Magazine has long described her as Boca-born and still a Boca girl at heart. That gave the Sunrise opener a regional pull that went beyond one pop show, drawing in fans who saw the night as a South Florida homecoming as much as a tour launch.
Amerant Bank Arena, home of the Florida Panthers, is built for that kind of turnout. Arena seating information lists concert capacity at more than 20,000, compared with 19,250 for hockey, and the venue’s schedule showed Grande dates on June 30, July 2 and July 3, 2026. The arena also told fans to expect merch and entry lines outside on Publix Plaza because of extreme heat, and said one unopened plastic water bottle was allowed through security, with additional beverages sold outside the main entrance.
Live Nation announced The Eternal Sunshine Tour in August 2025 and said the run would hit arenas across North America and the UK with multiple nights in major cities. In Sunrise, the opener mattered because it marked Grande’s first tour in seven years, a long break that made the return feel like an event in its own right. Her 2019 Sweetener World Tour drew about 1.3 million fans across nearly 100 shows, a reminder of the scale that follows her when she gets back on the road.
For Sunrise, that meant more than a single concert. It put one of Broward County’s largest venues at the center of a three-night run, pulled fans into the city from across South Florida, and made a Tuesday night feel like one of the summer’s biggest regional entertainment moments.
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