The Denver Broncos, for example, have 12 dates on hold for concerts in 2023, a greater number than the nine dates held for this year, said Jon Applegate, the team’s director of events and booking for Empower Field at Mile High.Īs it stood in mid-March, Empower Field had five concerts announced for 2022, with tickets on sale for four of those shows. Last year, as a few stadium tours trickled out starting mid-summer into early fall, experts predicted a gusher of tours would take place in 2022 and flow into 20.Ĭonsidering the backlog, some artists are strategically pushing their tours to next year to avoid the glut and create some elbow room for the opportunity to sell more tickets, according to team officials and facility managers. The industry knew an onslaught was coming. Some artists such as Billy Joel, Garth Brooks, Elton John and the Mötley Crüe/Def Leppard/Poison/Joan Jett package are holdovers from 2020 after postponements over COVID-19. Those are unprecedented numbers for stadium shows, even in major markets such as New York and Los Angeles. MetLife could potentially match Allegiant with 15 shows as more tours are announced, said Steve Sansonese, director of facility operations and events. SoFi Stadium had 11 shows on sale and 10 concerts have been announced at MetLife Stadium, according to their websites. (That number is still growing, with Imagine Dragons recently announcing a run of another half dozen stadiums).Īllegiant Stadium alone has 15 concerts confirmed for 2022 in Las Vegas, including Metallica and Billy Joel, which took place in February, said Chris Wright, ASM Global’s general manager of the NFL facility that opened in 2020. The 2022 season is shaping up to be one of the busiest on record after the pandemic largely shut down those massive events over the past two years.Īs of mid-March, VenuesNow counted 15 tour packages booked for multiple stadiums this year with some artists such as Bad Bunny and The Weeknd stepping up to play those large venues for the first time in their careers. The floodgates have opened for big league stadium concerts. The Rolling Stones are shown here playing the Denver Broncos’ stadium in 2019. Gimme Stadiums: Empower Field at Mile High currently has five concerts booked for 2022.
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