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Oklahoma venues top ticket sales charts

U2's "360 Tour" ranks No. 1 in year-to-date ticket sales by industry tracker Pollstar Pro. (PRNewsFoto/Live Nation)

By JENNIFER CHANCELLOR World Scene Writer
Published: 10/12/2009 3:47 PM
Last Modified: 10/13/2009 3:08 PM

Pollstar Pro recently released its year-to-date top ticket sales charts. Oklahoma venues and promoters topped several worldwide charts again this year.

The BOK Center is No. 14 worldwide in arena ticket sales, with 328,257 tickets sold. It ranks No. 5 in the nation.

Cain's Ballroom ranks No. 61 worldwide in club venue ticket sales, with 43,392 sold.

Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheatre is No. 80 in the top 100 ampthitheatre venues in the world in ticket sales, with 23,458 sold.

Oklahoma owned DCF concerts, which promotes concerts at Cain's Ballroom, Brady Theater and many Oklahoma City locations, rated No. 91 in the world for top concert promoters, with 88,096 tickets sold.

Live Nation was No. 1 with 30,057,668 tickets sold. AEG Live was No. 2 with 9,134,309 tickets sold.

The top 10 worldwide tours are:
1. U2, 2,311,031 tickets
2. AC/DC, 2,092,439 tickets
3. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, 1,326,288 tickets
4. Coldplay, 1,249,908 tickets
5. “Walking With Dinosaurs,” 1,234,386 tickets
6.Madonna, 1,208,591 tickets
7. Britney Spears, 1,149,261 tickets
8. Nickelback, 1,043,270 tickets
9. Kenny Chesney, 1,034,021 tickets
10. Pink, 1,003,350 tickets

Rascal Flatts, featuring Oklahoma native Joe Don Rooney, is at No. 18 with 676,357 tickets sold. By JENNIFER CHANCELLOR World Scene Writer

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	Report Comment parksport, (10/12/2009 4:06:31 PM) Rock on Tulsa for our contribution to the rankings.
	Report Comment Golden Sluricane, (10/12/2009 4:08:13 PM) OMG number 14, COMPLETE FAILURE!! No one will come play at the BOK center and since it is downtown NO ONE will show up because of all the crime/lack of parking. Of those 325K tickets sold I imagine they were all sold to moral deviants and the homeless as a ploy by the evil mayor to force them to vote for Obama.
	Report Comment Golden Sluricane, (10/12/2009 4:08:59 PM) correction immoral deviants. A moral deviant I would love to see
	Report Comment dork74, Broken Arrow (10/12/2009 4:19:53 PM) Go to church sometime Golden Slur, you'll see plenty of them.
	Report Comment shaw411, Scottsdale, AZ (10/12/2009 4:39:44 PM) Nice job BOK!
	Report Comment Moses, Jenks (10/12/2009 5:00:28 PM) I've been to four concerts at the BOK. All were great and worth the price of my tickets. Congratulations BOK and all involved in it's success.
	Report Comment edelweiss, Tulsa (10/12/2009 5:09:22 PM) It's nice to see Tulsa leading the way again!
	Report Comment edelweiss, Tulsa (10/12/2009 5:10:38 PM) Golden Sluricane, you're SCAREY!!!!!
	Report Comment 2nTulsa, Tulsa (10/12/2009 5:21:13 PM) Hooray!
	Report Comment dustyoutlaw, Tulsa (10/12/2009 6:27:14 PM) Outstanding Job for the BOK. This brought a smile to my face. WELL DONE!!!
	Report Comment Centrist, the burbs (10/12/2009 6:51:07 PM) This is good for Tulsa, glad so many are supporting it.
	Report Comment FUTURE WORLD, Tulsa (10/12/2009 7:01:27 PM) And many derided the BOK as a complete failure, saying no one would come.
	Report Comment FUTURE WORLD, Tulsa (10/12/2009 7:02:36 PM) And Oh it costs to much money it's to iconic. Well the numbers look good to me. Thanks LaFortune.
	Report Comment sr71v3, (10/12/2009 7:03:14 PM) I'm just floored that U2 could sell that many tickets. They S U K
	Report Comment dustyoutlaw, Tulsa (10/12/2009 7:10:12 PM) Well if nothing else SR we agree on U2
	Report Comment rockfan, broken arrow (10/12/2009 7:26:26 PM) Hope they bring back walking with dinosaurs,i did'nt get to go last time. Guess i'm still a bit of a kid at heart!
	Report Comment Popeye, T-Town (10/12/2009 7:45:38 PM) rockfan: join us at Woodland Hills Mall weekdays at 10:AM ! LOL
	Report Comment Alwaysbob, (10/12/2009 7:48:52 PM) Nothing but silence from the I know everything right wing machine.
	Report Comment Golden Sluricane, (10/12/2009 7:54:56 PM) Yep, I guess they don't like crow (for those of you that don't post often I basically summed up all posts in one).
	Report Comment 2ndjoyce, BA (10/12/2009 7:57:30 PM) That's hysterical, Popeye! Oh, and BOK, bring us some Clapton, please?
	Report Comment FUTURE WORLD, Tulsa (10/12/2009 8:01:28 PM) HA, Oh rockfan don't forget your sneakers
	Report Comment dustyoutlaw, Tulsa (10/12/2009 8:11:51 PM) How about a triple bill of John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, BB King and Eric Clapton. They could sell out a friday and saturday.
	Report Comment SS_Hippy, Tulsa (10/13/2009 7:27:22 AM) Where is the you have to park like 2 or 3 blocks away crowd?

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