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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 is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, at 333 East Trade Street. Opened on October 21, 2005, as Charlotte Bobcats Arena, the venue quickly grew into one of the Southeast’s most prominent entertainment destinations, drawing major touring artists 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 is one of the UK’s most storied live music venues, sitting beside the famous Wembley Stadium in northwest London. Originally built as the Empire Pool for the 1934 British Empire Games, the arena held its first concert in 1959 and has since
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/ June 15, 2026
The Ziggo Dome is Amsterdam’s largest indoor concert arena, opened on June 24, 2012, in the Bijlmermeer neighborhood adjacent to the Johan Cruijff ArenA. Designed by Benthem Crouwel Architekten, the venue holds up to 17,000 concertgoers and was specifically engineered for amplified live music, with
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/ June 15, 2026
Nippon Budokan opened on October 3, 1964, in Kitanomaru Park in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, originally built to host judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics — the sport’s first appearance at the Games. Architect Mamoru Yamada modeled the 42-metre-high octagonal structure on the Yumedono
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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
Nestled in the Arroyo Seco parklands of Pasadena, California, Rose Bowl Stadium has stood as one of the most celebrated outdoor venues in the United States since its opening on October 28, 1922. Designed by architect Myron Hunt and recognized today as a National Historic
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/ June 15, 2026
SoFi Stadium opened on September 8, 2020 in Inglewood, California, as the most expensive stadium ever built at an estimated $5–6 billion. Designed by HKS, Inc., the 3.1-million-square-foot venue is the first indoor-outdoor NFL stadium, featuring a translucent ETFE canopy that allows natural light while
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/ June 15, 2026
The Kia Forum is a storied indoor arena at 3900 West Manchester Boulevard in Inglewood, California, that opened on December 30, 1967. Built by Los Angeles Kings owner Jack Kent Cooke for $16 million and designed by architect Charles Luckman, the circular structure was modeled
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/ June 15, 2026
Barclays Center opened on September 21, 2012, at 620 Atlantic Avenue in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, becoming one of New York City’s most significant new arenas in decades. Designed by SHoP Architects with AECOM as architect of record, the $1 billion venue is clad in roughly
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/ June 15, 2026
The United Center is a massive indoor arena situated at 1901 West Madison Street on Chicago’s Near West Side. Opened on August 18, 1994, it replaced the beloved Chicago Stadium—long dubbed ‘the Madhouse on Madison’—after costing around $175 million to construct. Designed by Populous (formerly
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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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/ June 15, 2026
Carnegie Hall stands at 881 Seventh Avenue in Midtown Manhattan as one of the most celebrated concert venues on earth. Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie funded its construction for $2 million after conductor Walter Damrosch and Carnegie’s wife Louise persuaded him during a 1887 Atlantic crossing.
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/ June 15, 2026
The O2 Arena sits at the heart of The O2 entertainment complex on the Greenwich Peninsula in south-east London, and has held the title of the world’s busiest live entertainment arena for much of its existence. Opened on 24 June 2007 with a Bon Jovi
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/ June 14, 2026
The Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville is the home of the Grand Ole Opry, the longest-running radio broadcast in history. Opened in 1974 and seating about 4,400, it carries forward a country-music tradition that began in 1925 – even keeping a circle of the
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/ June 14, 2026
The Beacon Theatre on Manhattan’s Upper West Side is a beloved mid-sized venue prized for its ornate interior and excellent sound. Opened in 1929 and seating about 2,900, it became legendary for the Allman Brothers Band’s long-running annual residencies. Stats at a Glance A Perfect
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/ June 14, 2026
The Apollo Theater in Harlem is one of the most important venues in the history of American music, central to the rise of jazz, soul, R&B, and hip-hop. Its legendary Amateur Night helped launch Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown, Michael Jackson, and many more, making the
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/ June 14, 2026
The Fillmore in San Francisco is one of the most historically important rock venues in America, central to the 1960s counterculture and the psychedelic San Francisco sound. Made famous by promoter Bill Graham, its intimate ballroom hosted the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and
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