Top 10 ranking

The Save Mart Center at Fresno State was ranked 10 th during the summer on the POLLSTAR Magazine semi-annual list of the busiest arenas in the world.

The Save Mart Center is the only collegiate facility and one of only two California buildings to be in the Top 10, sharing space with Manchester Evening News in Manchester, England, Bell Centre of Montreal, Quebec and HP Pavilion in San Jose.   

Looked upon as the top national industry trade magazine, POLLSTAR tracks all tickets sales in venues worldwide.   The ranking is solely based on ticket sales for non-competitive events.

Rankings are not weighted by venue size and seating capacity, so it is noteworthy that the Save Mart Center ranked in the top ten amongst primarily 21,000+ capacity venues.

Of the Top 10 arenas, six venues have 20,000+ seats and the remaining three have 17,000 to 19,000 seats.  Save Mart Center has an average of 12,000-15,000 seats per ticketed event.

Top Ten Venues

• Manchester Evening News Arena: Manchester, England-21,000 seats
• Bell Centre: Montreal, Quebec-21,000 seats
• Hp Pavilion: San Jose, CA-20,000 seats
• Wachovia Spectrum: Philadelphia, PA-19,000 seats
• Wachovia Center : Philadelphia, PA-21,000 seats
• Savvis Center : St. Louis, MO-21,000 seats
• Quest Center : Omaha, NE-17,000 seats
• KeyArena at Seattle Center: Seattle, WA-17,000 seats
• Palace of Auburn Hills:  Auburn Hills, MI-22,000 seats
• Save Mart Center: Fresno, CA-15,000 seats