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/ June 15, 2026
Merriweather Post Pavilion almost wasn’t a Frank Gehry building at all. The Rouse Company’s original plan for its new Columbia, Maryland amphitheater was a freeform nylon tent, and it was scrapped as unbuildable only months before the venue was supposed to open in the summer…
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/ June 15, 2026
Nestled among the trees of Griffith Park in Los Angeles, the Greek Theatre is a 5,900-seat outdoor amphitheater that has welcomed concertgoers since its dedication on September 25, 1930. Designed by Samuel Tilden Norton, Frederick Hastings Wallis, and the Tacoma firm Heath, Gove & Bell…
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/ June 15, 2026
Shoreline Amphitheatre is the 22,500-capacity outdoor concert venue in Mountain View, California, that has anchored Bay Area live music since 1986. Built on reclaimed parkland just steps from Google’s headquarters, it’s instantly recognizable to anyone who has stood on its lawn watching the sun set…
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/ June 15, 2026
Ball Arena sits at 1000 Chopper Circle in Denver’s Central Platte Valley. It is the home of the Nuggets, Avalanche and Colorado Mammoth, and one of the busiest concert stops in the Rocky Mountain region. Locals still call it Pepsi Center, its name from the…
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/ June 15, 2026
State Farm Arena is a 16,888-seat multi-purpose indoor arena located at 1 State Farm Drive in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Originally opened on September 18, 1999 as Philips Arena, the $213.5 million venue replaced the Omni Coliseum and quickly established itself as the premier entertainment destination…
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/ June 15, 2026
Accor Arena’s official concert capacity is 20,300 — the number confirmed on the venue’s own site and used for every major touring show that fills the Paris landmark. That figure sits at the top of a capacity range that shifts dramatically depending on what’s happening…
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/ June 15, 2026
How many people does PPG Paints Arena hold? The answer depends on what’s happening on the floor. Pittsburgh’s downtown arena seats as few as 14,536 for a standard end-stage concert and as many as 19,758 when a show is staged in the round — and…
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/ June 15, 2026
American Airlines Center opened on July 17, 2001, in the Victory Park neighborhood of downtown Dallas, Texas, at a total construction cost of $420 million. Designed by David M. Schwarz Architectural Services and HKS, Inc., the 21,000-capacity arena at 2500 Victory Avenue wasted no time…
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/ June 15, 2026
Spectrum Center sits at 333 East Trade Street in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, and it’s the arena most touring artists in the Southeast build a stop around. Since opening in 2005, it has hosted everyone from Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi to Kanye West and…
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/ June 15, 2026
Bridgestone Arena opened on December 18, 1996 at 501 Broadway in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, and has grown into one of the most celebrated live entertainment venues in the United States. Designed by HOK Sport (now Populous) with a nod to the city’s musical heritage…
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/ June 15, 2026
OVO Arena Wembley — still known to many simply as Wembley Arena — is one of the UK’s most celebrated indoor venues, sitting beside Wembley Stadium in northwest London. With a capacity of 12,500, it is Greater London’s second-largest indoor arena and one of the…
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/ June 15, 2026
The Ziggo Dome is Amsterdam’s largest indoor concert arena — and the biggest in the Netherlands — with a maximum capacity of 17,000 fans. Opened on June 24, 2012, in the Bijlmermeer district of southeastern Amsterdam, it was purpose-built for amplified live music, engineered from…
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/ June 15, 2026
Nippon Budokan holds 14,471 people for a concert, a number that has barely moved since the octagonal arena opened for judo at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. That combination is what makes the venue unusual: it is simultaneously Japan’s most prestigious martial arts hall and one…
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/ June 15, 2026
Soldier Field is a landmark multi-purpose stadium on the Near South Side of Chicago, Illinois, that opened on October 9, 1924, as Grant Park Municipal Stadium before being renamed in 1925 to honor American soldiers who died in World War I. Listed on the National…
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/ June 15, 2026
SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California is the most expensive stadium ever built — an estimated $5–6 billion — and has become the most coveted concert destination on earth. Located within the Hollywood Park entertainment district just outside Los Angeles, the venue opened on September 8…
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/ June 15, 2026
The Kia Forum is the circular indoor arena at 3900 West Manchester Boulevard in Inglewood, California, that has hosted everything from Lakers championships to some of the most legendary concert residencies in arena history. If you’re trying to nail down exactly how many seats it…
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/ June 15, 2026
Barclays Center, at 620 Atlantic Avenue in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, holds up to 19,000 people for concerts and 17,553 for Brooklyn Nets basketball. The exact number on any given night depends on the stage, court or rink setup, and on how much of the bowl…
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/ June 15, 2026
The United Center is the biggest concert stage in Chicago, and if you’re heading to a show there, you probably have more questions than just who’s playing. Where do you park? What can you bring in? Which seats actually sound good? How early should you…
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/ June 15, 2026
The Sydney Opera House stands on Bennelong Point overlooking Sydney Harbour as one of the world’s most recognisable performing arts venues and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2007. Designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, it was formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 20…
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/ June 15, 2026
Rising from the edge of Kensington Gardens, the Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences has stood as one of the world’s great performance venues since Queen Victoria’s eldest son, the Prince of Wales, opened it on 29 March 1871. Built as a memorial to…
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