The Liacouras Center, the 10,000-seat multipurpose arena on the campus of Temple University, was recently named one of the “Top 200 Venues in Worldwide Ticket Sales” by Pollstar Magazine for 2013, according to the October 14 edition of Pollstar Magazine.
The Liacouras Center, which is home to Temple Owls' men's and women's basketball and hundreds of other annual events, ranked 162nd overall, drawing 41,858 patrons to non sporting events. Pollstar does not chart sales from sporting events.
The Liacouras Center is operated by Global Spectrum, the subsidiary of Philadelphia-based Comcast-Spectacor which manages more than 115 arenas and stadiums around the world.
Thirteen other Global Spectrum-managed arenas adorned the list, including Global Spectrum’s flagship arena, the Wells Fargo Center, which ranked third in the United States and 10th worldwide, welcoming 428,355 patrons to concerts and family shows for the year.
The other Global Spectrum-managed venues in Pollstar's Top 200 are listed here in order of rank: Budweiser Gardens in London, ON, ranked 96th (89,921); the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, IA, ranked 99th (88,048); the Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, SC, ranked 114th (80,828); the Fargodome in Fargo, ND, ranked 138th (55,948);Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, AZ, Global Spectrum's newest account, ranked 158th (47,427); the General Motors Centre in Oshawa, ON, ranked 166th (40,202); the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, ON, ranked 174th (38,164);the Chaifetz Arena on the campus of Saint Louis University in St. Louis, MO, ranked 183rd (36,381); the XL Center in Hartford, CT, ranked 184th (35,991); the Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre ranked 188th (35,057); the Roanoke Civic Center Coliseum ranked 190th (34,584); and the Constant Convocation Center on the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA, ranked 194th (32,303).
The Liacouras Center
The Liacouras Center, 10,000 seat multi-purpose venue, is located on Temple University's campus and is positioned along the Avenue of the Arts in Center City, Philadelphia. The venue serves the Temple student body of 37,000 students and the city of Philadelphia as a full entertainment arena featuring concerts, family shows, Temple Men's and Women's Basketball games and more. Most recently, The Liacouras Center was named one of the busiest arenas in the world by Venues Today, finishing 13th in the world and 10th in the United States for the Mid-Year 2012 rankings, among venues with 10,000 seats and under.
Global Spectrum
Global Spectrum (global-spectrum.com) manages the Liacouras Center, as well as more than 100 other public assembly facilities around the world. Nearly 20-million people attended more than 11,000 events in Global Spectrum venues last year. Based in Philadelphia, PA, Global Spectrum is part of Comcast-Spectacor, one of the world's largest sports and entertainment companies. Comcast-Spectacor also owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, Ovations Food Services, a food and beverage services provider, New Era Tickets, a full-service ticketing and marketing product for public assembly facilities, Paciolan, the leading provider of venue establishment ticketing, fundraising and marketing technology solutions, Front Row Marketing Services, a commercial rights sales company, and Flyers Skate Zone, a series of community ice skating rinks.
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