Venue Pulse: Shakira Stadium, Madison Square Garden Top 100K In Ticket Sales

Among the concert venues ranked No. 1 in each of the eight venue size categories determined by seating capacity from Oct. 1 through 14, Shakira Stadium in Madrid, Spain and New York’s Madison Square Garden are the only two to surpass 100,000 in ticket sales, according to box-office figures reported to Pollstar.

The performance venue built for Shakira’s 13-show concert residency in Madrid, Spain heads up the Over 30,000-capacity category, based on a ticket total of 152,317 from three of the shows during the run. With a total of nine concerts reported so far, the Colombian superstar has averaged 50,233 sold tickets per show in Madrid, while grosses have averaged over $6.8 million at each performance.

Madison Square Garden, the best-attended arena among venues with capacities of 15,001 to 30,000, earns recognition based on a ticket tally of 121,172 for two U.K. artists, Harry Styles with just over a week remaining on his 30-show residency at the arena that ends Oct. 31, and singer-songwriter Beabadoobee who drew a sellout crowd for her concert on Oct. 5.

For venues with 10,001-15,000 seats, George Mason University’s EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia ranks highest after moving a total of 34,333 tickets at 11 shows at the beginning of October. All but one of those performances were for the Feld Entertainment production, “Disney On Ice: Spotlight Magic!” that ran from Oct. 8 through 10. But before the first performance of the family event, the arena also hosted South Korean band MONSTA X for a concert on Oct. 3.

Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut is often a contender for No. 1 on Pollstar venue charts in the 5,001-10,000 group, and in these rankings, the venue tops the lineup with tickets sold at six performances. Beabadoobee once again lands among the slate of artists appearing at the arena, and she is joined by Alanis Morissette, Lainey Wilson and John Mayer, also with headlining performances. The top draw, however, was Foo Fighters with an Oct. 4 concert attended by 8,238 fans.

The group of venues in the 2,501-5,000 category has Boston’s MGM Music Hall at Fenway in the top spot based on a two-week ticket total of 28,333 from eight shows. Two of the concerts featured Steve Lacy in the spotlight with a crowd of 4,981 in the house on the first night and 4,968 on the second. Then, Foster The People, Lenny Pearce, Rise Against, Skillet, Starbomb and MONSTA X also appeared in Boston for one show.

Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center in Las Vegas is featured among the theaters and performing arts centers ranked in the 1,501-2,500-capacity group. The venue secures the highest ranking with a ticket count of 14,963 from 12 performances. Included was an eight-show run of the Tony Award-winning Broadway play “Oh Mary!” with 11,305 tickets sold. Nevada Ballet Theater also staged three performances of “Carmina Burana” at the venue during the first weekend of the month.

Portland, Oregon’s McMenamins Crystal Ballroom is the top venue in the 751-1,500 category, based on a total of 12,314 sold tickets between Oct. 1 and 14. Of the 10 acts who performed, Sammy Rae & The Friends, Mon Rovîa and Cameron Whitcomb each played to capacity crowds of 1,500. Then, in the smallest category with seating of 750 or lower, The Atlantis in Washington D.C. tops the list of venues based on an 11-show ticket total of 3,891. Only one artist, English singer and actress Asha Banks, appeared twice, performing on both Oct. 2 and 6 as part of her “something inbetween tour.”