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Bass Concert Hall jumps into Pollstar top ten
The University of Texas’ Bass Concert Hall has been ranked number seven for third quarter ticket sales in Pollstar’s worldwide ranking of top 100 international theater venues.
Pollstar, the trade journal of touring artists, booking agents and performance venues, released its third quarter rankings today. The Bass Concert Hall sold 215,237 tickets between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30 of this year. Pollstar rated the UT venue number 13 at its mid-year ranking.
The recent rankings positions Bass Concert Hall in the company of major venues such as New York’s Radio City Music Hall, Atlanta’s Fox Theatre and Las Vegas’ Coliseum at Ceasars Palace and ahead of regional venues like the Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie, Texas.
A sold-out three-week run of the Broadway musical ‘Wicked’ is primarily responsible for the jump in tickets sales during the third quarter though other well-selling shows at Bass Concert Hall this year include violinist Itzhak Perman, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, James Taylor and comedy show Flight of the Conchords.
In November, the Bass Concert Hall will be one of only five venues in the United States to host legendary comic artist Robert Crumb who penned well-known characters and series including Mr. Natural, Fritz the Cat, Joe Blow and Keep on Truckin’.
TOP 10 WORLDWIDE THEATRE VENUES BY THIRD QUARTER TICKETS SALES
1. Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City — 859,534
2. Fox Theatre, Atlanta — 418,958
3. Colosseum At Caesars Palace, Las Vegas —408,192
4. Auditorio Telmex, Guadalajara — 287,585
5. Radio City Music Hall, New York — 270,883
6. Benedum Center, Pittsburgh — 258,295
7. Bass Concert Hall, Austin — 215,237
8. Nokia Theatre At Grand Prairie, Grand Prairie, Texas — 212,434
9. Beacon Theatre, New York —204,559
10. Paramount Theatre, Seattle — 199,748
Source: Pollstar
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