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CITY’S FORO SOL SHINES ON IN A ROUGH YEAR

n a year in which nearly every- thing changed, one thing that strong for Foro Sol, which enter- spots on the Hot Tickets list for THEIR TURN: Foro Sol’s remained constant was Foro tains big acts and festivals during 2020. Electric Daisy Carnival drew design allows it to host Sol’s hold on the top spot in the months when temperatures in nearly 300,000 people and grossed open-wheel racing. Top Stops rankings for venues are comfortable but almost $12.5 million, making it the holding more than 30,000. cold weather prevents most big No. 1 Hot Ticket, and Vive Latno IThe 55,000-capacity stadium in outdoor events in North America had ticket sales of 153,892 and a ing with 1,100,481. Mexico City, operated by Mexican and Europe. gross of $7,747, 979, putting it at Among the big names to play entertainment and media compa- By the time COVID-19 shut- No. 4 on the Hot Tickets list. the venue in 2020, hit ny Grupo CIE, came in with total downs hit venues around the world The stadium also ruled its the stage Feb. 23 and , ticket sales of 677,591 for the re- in mid-March, Foro Sol had already capacity category for the past two taking a break from ballparks for porting period in this COVID-ab- played host to Electric Daisy years. In 2019, it sold 881,760 a stadium that hosts auto racing, breviated concert season. Carnival and , two tickets, and the year before it played a show March 6. The first quarter is always multiday festivals that both scored topped the million mark, finish- — Rob Knapp

TOPSTOPS MORE THAN 30,000 CAPACITY Ranked by tickets sold. All data based on figures provided to Pollstar. Date range 11/21/19-11/18/20. Data updated as of Dec. 2.

RANK VENUE TICKETS SOLD CAPACITY GROSS SHOWS

1 Foro Sol, Mexico City 677,591 55,000 $32,567,230 10 2 ANZ Stadium, Sydney 134,984 83,500 $10,860,032 2 3 Optus Stadium, Burswood, 91,034 60,000 $9,141,110 2 4 AAMI Park Stadium, Melbourne, Australia 89,197 30,050 $11,961,533 3 5 , Sydney 85,654 46,000 $9,596,903 2 6 National Stadium, Singapore 82,557 55,000 $12,433,308 2 7 Allianz Parque, São Paulo 79,036 50,000 $5,957,412 2 8 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City 70,789 110,000 $3,485,476 3 9 Mt Smart Stadium, , 62,707 47,000 $8,516,659 2 10 Forsyth Barr Stadium, , New Zealand 62,650 40,000 $7,789,002 2 11 hbf park, , Australia 44,079 35,000 $6,089,898 2 12 DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai, India 42,590 55,000 $4,695,721 1 13 Adelaide (Australia) Oval 42,484 70,000 $4,436,072 1 14 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia 40,337 52,500 $4,899,923 1 15 Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasilia, Brazil 35,770 72,700 $2,079,946 1

16 Paris La Défense , Nanterre, France 34,396 38,600 $1,894,671 1 IMAGESGETTY (X2) 17 Sky Stadium, , New Zealand 33,921 34,500 $4,597,181 1 18 Philippine Arena, Bulacan, Philippines 33,721 55,000 $6,895,277 1 19 , Tokyo 32,975 56,000 $6,063,279 1 20 Tele2 Arena, 32,554 45,000 $2,024,725 1

52 JANUARY 2021 GARDEN POLITICAL PARTY: New Yorkers wait to vote at Mad- ison Square Garden, No. 3 on Top Stops and one of many venues that became polling places in 2020.

TOPSTOPS 15,001-30,000 CAPACITY Ranked by tickets sold. All data based on figures provided to Pollstar. Date range 11/21/19-11/18/20. Data updated as of Dec. 2.

RANK VENUE TICKETS SOLD CAPACITY GROSS SHOWS

1 WiZink Center, 439,490 17,453 $25,225,937 64 2 , , 409,965 20,000 $20,375,322 74

3 , New York 394,354 20,789 $48,987,792 28 4 Forum, Inglewood, Calif. 352,524 17,500 $36,350,349 30

5 , Brooklyn, N.Y. 344,456 19,000 $28,828,088 40 6 , 342,620 21,000 $26,680,846 25

7 Arena Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico City 322,522 22,000 $6,693,933 25 8 Arena (Mexico) 321,249 17,500 $10,064,491 30

9 , Rosemont, Ill. 301,624 19,000 $16,574,927 34 10 Antwerps , Merksem, 301,498 22,791 $13,686,704 22

11 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia 287,587 21,000 $18,246,349 40 12 Capital One Arena, Washington 251,968 20,500 $19,930,018 27

13 Prudential Center, Newark, N.J. 248,304 17,500 $19,573,844 32 14 Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tenn. 238,518 20,000 $16,544,315 36

15 Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis 234,461 18,500 $11,970,421 38 16 , Lisbon, Portugal 233,534 20,000 $11,512,600 38

17 American Airlines Center, Dallas 231,602 20,021 $27,517,179 31 18 Coliseo de Puerto Rico, San Juan 226,722 18,100 $16,548,209 20

19 Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, Calif. 220,439 17,500 $11,921,303 30

20 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 211,409 18,672 $10,898,243 31 COMPILED BY [email protected] BY COMPILED

JANUARY 2021 53 THE SSE HYDRO AGAIN FLOATS TO THE TOP

uccess came in smaller numbers this year, but The SSE Hydro in , , sits at the top of the Top Stops 10,001-15,000 SCapacity category again. 880,319 when it was No. 1 in 2018. late November 2019 were the top WORK TO DO: Construc- tion workers prepare the The arena, which has a capac- The arena is operated by AEG draw for the venue, grossing $3.3 Scottish Events Campus ity of 14,300, sold 317,908 tickets Live and shares the Scottish million and capturing the No. 9 for use as a field hospital for the year. It rang up almost Events Campus with the SEC slot on the Hot Tickets chart for in April. 1.06 million tickets sold when Center and the SEC Armadillo. the year. it took the top spot in 2019, and ’s three shows in — Rob Knapp

TOPSTOPS 10,001-15,000 CAPACITY Ranked by tickets sold. All data based on figures provided to Pollstar. Date range 11/21/19-11/18/20. Data updated as of Dec. 2.

RANK VENUE TICKETS SOLD CAPACITY GROSS SHOWS

1 The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland 317,903 14,300 $18,767,657 45 2 3Arena, 295,114 13,000 $16,869,619 31

3 , Zürich 199,053 15,000 $17,876,306 27 4 Nassau Vets. Mem. Coliseum, Uniondale, N.Y. 182,161 14,975 $11,249,874 44

5 The Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, England 170,991 10,833 $10,013,243 32 6 , Melbourne, Australia 167,599 15,000 $17,092,778 15

7 , Assago, 105,447 12,700 $5,397,856 12 8 , San Diego 103,006 14,000 $7,025,476 17

9 , Grand Rapids, Mich. 95,248 12,000 $6,322,189 11 10 FlyDSA Arena, , England 92,267 13,600 $3,967,784 19

11 Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall, Australia 78,061 14,500 $8,966,552 9 12 Palazzo dello Sport, Rome 73,582 11,500 $3,937,364 18

13 , London 59,371 10,250 $1,981,825 9 14 Westfalenhalle 1, Dortmund, Germany 57,214 15,000 $3,046,873 6

15 EagleBank Arena, Fairfax, Va. 57,141 10,200 $3,870,007 14 16 , Leeds, England 56,633 13,000 $3,523,272 6

17 König-Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany 56,595 12,718 $3,583,217 7 IMAGESGETTY (X2) 18 Festhalle - Messe Frankfurt (Germany) 49,415 13,500 $2,994,335 7

19 , Auckland, New Zealand 48,131 12,200 $3,344,962 8

20 Utilita Arena, , England 47,106 11,250 $3,546,790 6

54 JANUARY 2021 ROCKETTES PROPEL RADIO CITY TO THE TOP ONCE AGAIN

adio City , a major part of New York City and the American entertainment scene since it opened in 1932, is also a major part of Ven- RuesNow’s year-end charts, and 2020 did nothing to change that. The coronavirus arrived after Among the other acts that took The theater, which holds 6,013, the box-office powerhouse “Radio the stage during the shortened CLOSING SONG: Dermot Kennedy performs at finished the year with 988,712 tick- City Christmas Spectacular” fin- concert season were Dermot Radio City Music Hall on ets sold, good once again for the ished its 2019-20 run. Radio City’s Kennedy, Jill Scott and Josh March 5, one of the last No. 1 spot in its capacity category gross for the year of more than $94 Groban. performances before the in Top Stops, where it also finished million dwarfed that of any other — Rob Knapp COVID-19 shutdown. in 2019 and 2018. venue on the Top Stops charts.

TOPSTOPS 5,001-10,000 CAPACITY Ranked by tickets sold. All data based on figures provided to Pollstar. Date range 11/21/19-11/18/20. Data updated as of Dec. 2.

RANK VENUE TICKETS SOLD CAPACITY GROSS SHOWS

1 Radio City Music Hall, New York 988,712 6,013 $94,382,172 182 2 , 222,264 8,388 $10,242,895 46

3 , Uncasville, Conn. 208,673 10,000 $12,648,877 38 4 Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York 201,665 5,600 $14,846,705 53

5 Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City 184,802 9,618 $8,832,353 20 6 Auditorio Telmex, Zapopan, Mexico 148,134 9,298 $7,577,055 28

7 , Merksem, Belgium 146,670 8,050 $5,558,248 31 8 Park Theater at Park MGM, Las Vegas 109,287 6,400 $23,310,195 23

9 The Anthem, Washington 108,577 6,000 $5,390,732 31 10 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco 99,808 8,500 $5,802,622 13

11 Smart Financial Centre, Sugar Land, Texas 83,439 6,500 $5,699,499 23 12 PPL Center, Allentown, Pa. 70,638 10,000 $3,221,372 21

13 Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas 70,025 7,000 $8,390,667 20 14 Rock Live, Hollywood, Fla. 63,030 6,512 $5,864,069 16

15 UnimedHall, São Paulo 54,063 7,744 $1,800,192 15 16 , Hamburg, Germany 53,782 7,000 $2,187,580 12

17 Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales 53,646 7,500 $2,919,132 9 18 Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park, Australia 52,621 5,500 $3,408,701 11

19 , Esch Sur Alzette, Luxembourg 50,956 6,500 $2,835,726 23

20 Pepsi Center WTC, Mexico City 49,170 8,000 $1,774,590 15 COMPILED BY [email protected] BY COMPILED

JANUARY 2021 55 28 through Feb. 16 sold nearly ‘HAMILTON’S’ STAR 50,000 tickets at the theater. Though it wasn’t quite the highest number of tickets SHINES, THIS TIME among the venues that played host to Hamilton in the early WHO TELLS part of the 12-month report- YOUR STORY: FOR DREYFOOS HALL ing period, it combined with A magazine the PAC’s other programming at the Kravis for 180,700 in tickets sold, Center for the making Dreyfoos Hall No. 1 Performing hen “Hamilton” on the 2020 Top Stops chart Arts, home to Dreyfoos comes to town, for the 2,001-5,000 Capacity Hall, featured the crowds fol- category. “Hamilton” low. That’s been The Florida venue grossed a on its Winter the story since the little more than $17 milion for 2020 cover. Broadway smash the year, and more than half of it Wbegan touring the country in came from the three-week “Ham- 2017, and it played out that way ilton” run, according to figures again at Dreyfoos Hall in West reported to Pollstar. Palm Beach, Fla. — Rob Knapp The 24-show run from Jan.

TOPSTOPS 2,001-5,000 CAPACITY Ranked by tickets sold. All data based on figures provided to Pollstar. Date range 11/21/19-11/18/20. Data updated as of Dec. 2.

RANK VENUE TICKETS SOLD CAPACITY GROSS SHOWS

1 Dreyfoos Hall, West Palm Beach, Fla. 180,700 2,195 $17,024,015 102

2 Fox Theatre, Detroit 171,692 4,800 $6,333,143 66

3 Chicago Theatre, Chicago 170,318 3,604 $11,352,647 57 4 Durham (N.C.) Performing Arts Center 169,296 2,712 $10,717,002 76

5 Fox Theatre, Atlanta 168,530 4,665 $11,646,395 55 6 Paramount Theatre, Seattle 149,810 2,807 $10,736,380 66

7 Tempodrom, 143,295 3,700 $5,269,251 81 8 Beacon Theatre, New York 129,617 2,829 $12,365,736 50

9 Ziff Ballet Opera House, Arsht Center, Miami 122,400 2,400 $13,599,155 66 10 , Boston 117,089 2,425 $4,321,709 59

11 The Colosseum at , Las Vegas 112,777 4,298 $17,799,597 33 12 Broward Center, Au-Rene Theater, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 106,304 2,658 $7,745,831 59

13 Providence (R.I.) Performing Arts Center 105,616 3,127 $6,121,942 47 1 4 The Smith Center, Reynolds Hall, Las Vegas 103,161 2,050 $7,762,833 72 KRAVIS.ORG IMAGES / GETTY 15 Altria Theater, Richmond, Va. 102,015 3,610 $9,951,662 34 16 Dr. Phillips Center, Walt Disney Theater, Orlando, Fla. 101,063 2,711 $7,590,580 43

17 SEC Armadillo, Glasgow, Scotland 97,599 3,000 $3,576,925 55 18 The Great Hall at Avant Gardner, Brooklyn, N.Y. 96,842 3,400 $4,378,026 36

19 Orpheum Theater, Omaha, Neb. 83,999 2,600 $4,960,975 48

20 Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Fla. 79,969 2,180 $5,412,589 74

56 JANUARY 2021 STRONG SCHEDULE TAKES VAN WEZEL TO THE TOP SPOT

he touring Broadway blockbuster “Hamilton” is often the ticket to the top of the smaller-capac- ity Top Stops charts for performing arts centers, Tbut the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall in Sarasota, Fla., took tickets sold for the year. It marks the first appearance another road. “The Book of Mormon” led for the Van Wezel in VenuesNow’s THE COLOR PURPLE: The distinctive exterior of the Rather than Alexander and the way, selling 11,456 tickets for year-end Top Stops since the Van Wezel Performing Arts friends, the PAC had a team of a week’s run. Adding to the total charts began using Pollstar data Hall in Sarasota, Fla. four touring musicals that hit the were “Les Misérables,” “Beau- for the 2018 edition. Hot Tickets rankings in addition tiful: The Carole King Musical” — Rob Knapp to its other fare, giving it 94,451 and “Waitress.”

TOPSTOPS 2,000 OR LESS CAPACITY Ranked by tickets sold. All data based on figures provided to Pollstar. Date range 11/21/19-11/18/20. Data updated as of Dec. 2.

RANK VENUE TICKETS SOLD CAPACITY GROSS SHOWS

1 Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Sarasota, Fla. 94,451 1,741 $7,997,390 67 2 Teatro Telcel, Mexico City 78,760 1,347 $4,306,148 95

3 Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown, N.J. 69,531 1,319 $3,193,901 79 4 Barbara B. Mann Perf. Arts Hall, Fort Myers, Fla. 69,489 1,871 $7,644,067 52

5 Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank, N.J. 67,957 1,568 $3,369,760 59 6 Olympia Theatre, Dublin 66,279 1,665 $2,166,741 54

7 9:30 Club, Washington 64,813 1,200 $1,890,099 73 8 Capitole Gent, Ghent, Belgium 63,057 1,630 $2,317,662 55

9 Stadsschouwburg, Antwerp, Belgium 58,854 2,000 $1,858,552 51 10 The Paramount, Huntington, N.Y. 57,502 1,573 $2,608,610 51

11 L’Etoile Banque Nationale, Brossard, Que. 52,672 912 $1,681,451 68 12 , Brussels 51,432 2,000 $1,502,707 39

13 The Neptune, Seattle 48,464 1,000 $1,577,158 69 14 Dominion Energy Ctr., Carpenter Theatre, Richmond, Va. 47,551 1,800 $2,569,747 42

15 Moore Theatre, Seattle 46,498 1,804 $2,113,356 40 16 First Avenue, Minneapolis 45,326 1,550 $994,107 41

17 Brooklyn (N.Y.) Bowl 43,686 600 $1,121,247 95 18 Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville 42,352 1,645 $2,853,908 31

19 Peter Kiewit Concert Hall, Omaha, Neb. 41,521 1,975 $1,641,370 40

20 Florida Theatre, Jacksonville 38,615 1,900 $1,574,227 38 COMPILED BY [email protected] BY COMPILED

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