FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Josette Roten January 3, 2019
[email protected], 919-281-0815 DPAC Ends 2018 Ranked Among Top-Ten Theaters in the U.S. Record-Breaking Number of Sellouts Among 2018 Highlights DURHAM, N.C. – 2018 saw events at DPAC that attracted 508,193 guests, with a record 150 of 220 events selling every seat, the most sellouts since the center’s opening in 2008. With these just announced attendance figures, DPAC is once again ranked among the top ten theaters in America by three leading national magazines that cover live entertainment events and venues. In their year-end published attendance and sales rankings, Pollstar, Billboard and Venues Now all placed DPAC among the top U.S. venues of its size and type. Among US theaters, DPAC was ranked 2nd in Venues Now, 4th in Pollstar, and 6th in Billboard. Pollstar Billboard Magazine Venues Now 2018 Ticket Sales 2018 Gross Sales 2018 Gross Sales Top Ten Top Ten Top Ten US Theatre Venues US Venues under 5,000 Seats US Venues 2,001 to 5,000 seats Venue Capacity Venue Capacity Venue Capacity The Colosseum at Radio City Music Hall – Fox Theatre – 1. 5,900 1. Caesars Palace – 4,000 1. 4,600 New York, NY Atlanta, GA Las Vegas, NV Fox Theatre – Fox Theatre – 2. 4,600 2. 4,600 2. DPAC – Durham, NC 2,700 Atlanta, GA Atlanta, GA Zappos Theater at Broward Center, Au- Orpheum Theatre – 3. Planet Hollywood – 7,000 3. 2,618 3. Rene Theater – Fort 2,660 Minneapolis, MN Las Vegas, NV Lauderdale, FL Chicago Theatre – House of Blues – 4.