MEXICO 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 Mexico City 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, Maroon 5 hit ny Grupo CIE, came in with total downs hit venues around the world The stadium also ruled its the stage Feb. 23 and Billy Joel, 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 Vive Latino, 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, Australia 91,034 60,000 $9,141,110 2 4 AAMI Park Stadium, Melbourne, Australia 89,197 30,050 $11,961,533 3 5 Sydney Cricket Ground, 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, Auckland, New Zealand 62,707 47,000 $8,516,659 2 10 Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand 62,650 40,000 $7,789,002 2 11 hbf park, Perth, 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 Arena, Nanterre, France 34,396 38,600 $1,894,671 1 (X2) GETTY IMAGES 17 Sky Stadium, Wellington, 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 Dome, Tokyo 32,975 56,000 $6,063,279 1 20 Tele2 Arena, Stockholm 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, Madrid 439,490 17,453 $25,225,937 64 2 Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany 409,965 20,000 $20,375,322 74 3 Madison Square Garden, New York 394,354 20,789 $48,987,792 28 4 Forum, Inglewood, Calif. 352,524 17,500 $36,350,349 30 5 Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. 344,456 19,000 $28,828,088 40 6 The O2, London 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 Monterrey (Mexico) 321,249 17,500 $10,064,491 30 9 Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Ill. 301,624 19,000 $16,574,927 34 10 Antwerps Sportpaleis , Merksem, Belgium 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 Altice Arena, 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 Glasgow, Scotland, 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 Rod Stewart’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, Dublin 295,114 13,000 $16,869,619 31 3 Hallenstadion, 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 Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia 167,599 15,000 $17,092,778 15 7 Mediolanum Forum, Assago, Italy 105,447 12,700 $5,397,856 12 8 Pechanga Arena, San Diego 103,006 14,000 $7,025,476 17 9 Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Mich. 95,248 12,000 $6,322,189 11 10 FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield, 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 Alexandra Palace, 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 First Direct Arena, Leeds, England 56,633 13,000 $3,523,272 6 17 König-Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany 56,595 12,718 $3,583,217 7 (X2) GETTY IMAGES 18 Festhalle - Messe Frankfurt (Germany) 49,415 13,500 $2,994,335 7 19 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand 48,131 12,200 $3,344,962 8 20 Utilita Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne, England 47,106 11,250 $3,546,790 6 54 JANUARY 2021 ROCKETTES PROPEL RADIO CITY TO THE TOP ONCE AGAIN adio City Music Hall, 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.