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16,820 -capacity arena, says the "powerhouse" tours of 2012 included multiple -night sellouts by , Waters, Prince and Taylor Swift. Additionally, Radiohead, Florence & the Ma- chine and Mumford & Sons "generated enor- mous ticket sales outstripping supply on the 02 STAYS ON TOP tour, showing that current economic factors are not inhibiting sales for in -demand acts," Morris London arena secures large -venue ranking a fourth time says, citing and Rod Stewart as other strong concerts during the period. BY MITCHELL PETERS Nevertheless, Morris has observed "a soft- ening in the Australian market in the past six wide variety of road warriors contributed to making 2012 Jay -Z/ West (five). The facility reported $108.6 months, with some tours struggling to sell another successfultouring seasonfor the world's top -gross- million in grosses and drew more than 1.6 mil- through," noting that promoters have since be- ing arenas, induding Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Roger lion people to 140 events. (All Boxscore figures come more sensitive about pricing tickets. Waters, Coldplay, Lady Gaga, Jay-Z/Kanye West, Barbra are in U.S. dollars.) "Australia is known to have some of the high- Streisand, Justin Bieber, the Black Keys. Enrique Iglesias/ The 02 has also hosted such non -concert est ticket prices in the world, so a carefully priced Jennifer Lopez and Peter Gabriel. events as the and the Barclays ATP ticket is a great sign from promoters and acts Billboard's year-end touring recaps are compiled from World Tour Finals tennis championships. But that they are looking for long-term success, tour- Boxscore data reported for the Nov. 9, 2011, issue through the main highlight "must be our role this sum- ing this market," he says. the Nov. 13, 2012, issue. mer as one of the proud host venues of Olympic Back in North America, the Staples Center For the fourth year in a row, the 02 Arena in London and Paralympic Games," Kane says. "During in Los Angeles-which placed fifth on the tally is No. 1 as the top -grossing arena in the world on the Top the Olympic period we were home to the Of last year-earns the No. 3 spot on the recap, re- 10 Venues chart for buildings with a capacity of 15,001 Jamaica Olympic House and welcomed porting $59.6 million in grosses from 89 events or more. In early November, the 23,000 -capacity building also took home the hundreds of thousands of visitors through our that attracted 832,770 people. top arena honor at the Billboard Touring Awards in New York. doors to enjoy all that our arena and vibrant en- Staples senior VP/GM Lee Zeidman says runs "We have had a truly incredible 12 months in which we have seen our tertainment district has to offer." by Katy Perry (two), J ay -2/ West (three), Red Hot venue once again at the forefront of international entertainment and sports The runner-up to the 02 is the Rod Laver. Chili Peppers (two), Iglesias/Lopez (two), Bieber presentation," 02 GM Rebecca Kane says. "And we can't wait for 2013-if Arena in Melbourne, Australia, which reported (two), the Black Keys (two), Madonna (two) and the last five years are anything to go by, it is going to be another great year." $64.1 million and drew nearly 507,000 people Mani (three) contributed to the venue's success. She says the success of 2012 was driven by performances from such su- to 51 events. Brian Morris, CEO of Melbourne Zeidman is also proud to report that the ma- perstar touring acts as (10 shows), Peter Kay (15) and and Olympic Parks Trust, which manages the jority of Staplescontinued on >> pg118

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