Concerts are back in a big way as proven by a bevy of records broken by Orlando’s Amway Center and Camping World Stadium in March.
Last month, these two venues combined to host eight major shows in the City Beautiful. In particular, country superstar Garth Brooks and reggaeton icon Bad Bunny garnered five records between their three shows.
On Brooks’ Stadium Tour, his sold-out stop at Camping World Stadium saw a record-breaking highest concert gross, highest concert attendance and highest food and beverage gross for the venue. Bad Bunny, who performed on March 29 and March 30 at Amway Center, broke records for the highest concert gross and highest concert attendance for a two-night event at the venue.
In addition, performers Billy Joel, Nicky Jam, Eric Church, André Rieu and Tyler, the Creator contributed to the success at both venues.
For the eight shows in March — two at Camping World Stadium and six at Amway Center — the venues tallied nearly $17.3 million in total gross ticket sales, $4.35 million in total gross food and beverage sales and $2.4 million in total gross merchandise sales.
Amway Center was also recognized in the March 28 issue of Pollstar, an entertainment industry trade publication, as number 14 in the top 100 arenas worldwide for total gross ticket sales and total tickets sold for the first quarter of 2022.
“Since August, we’ve seen a huge demand for entertainment and sports events, as well as the public’s desire to experience them in person,” said Allen Johnson, chief venues officer for Orlando Venues, in a news release. “There’s nothing like being there to see these events live. We are happy to welcome so many fans back and thrilled to be setting records along the way.”
The 2022 Orlando concert calendar is shaping up to be a busy one with appearances from Journey, Elton John, The Killers, Shawn Mendes and Pitbull all scheduled at Amway Center. In addition, Paul McCartney, Bad Bunny and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are slated to perform at Camping World Stadium.
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