Pink Rocks Amphitheatre hosted a file 195 live shows and much more ticketed occasions from its foothills perch in Morrison in 2023, bringing 1.4 million attendees to the world-famous out of doors venue.
These numbers and others are included in a brand new “wrapped” report from the city-owned amphitheater, which additionally held 14 health occasions, 9 highschool graduations, six Movie on the Rocks film nights, and a handful of different bookings, based on the year-end report.
“Every evening, over 400 workers work arduous to be sure to’re live performance expertise is magical,” officers wrote, including: “Our high month for occasions was July, with 35 occasions!”
The most well-liked meals on the venue? Scorching canines, with a file 65,000 bought. That’s greater than twice the variety of the following hottest meals gadgets, with 31,700 tacos and 30,500 nachos (cheese cups weren’t far behind, with 25,000 bought).
However essentially the most “mind-blowing” numbers, based on town, embody bringing in a file 551 performers in 2023, internet hosting 133 exhibits in a row — barely lower than the general whole in a complete season as of 2016, based on Denver Publish analysis — in addition to the 69th consecutive sell-out from jam band heroes Widespread Panic, out of a complete of 70-plus exhibits.
In contrast with a mere 73 paid occasions in 2010, this 12 months’s 200-plus bookings characterize a 37.4% rise in total exercise in simply over a decade. A lot of that’s because of the development and dominance of Denver mega-promoter AEG Presents Rocky Mountains, the corporate based by Colorado billionaire Philip Anschutz.
Whereas Pink Rocks might be rented by anybody, together with AEG rival Dwell Nation and impartial promoters, AEG books the overwhelming majority of exhibits on the venue — and within the rapid Rocky Mountain area. The growth of the corporate has additionally led to the growth of Pink Rocks’ season, which previously lasted from Might to October. Now it stretches March to November, inviting each inclement climate and extra income for all concerned.
In October, the first-ever financial influence research of the venue discovered that Pink Rocks concert-goers and exhibits pumped $717 million into Colorado in 2022. Town-sponsored research additionally discovered that out-of-state guests, who comprised about half of all attendees at Pink Rocks final 12 months, spent $305 million within the Denver metro space earlier than and after live shows.
Nonetheless, main and ongoing renovations, a class-action lawsuit over tickets for folks with disabilities — settled for $48,000 final 12 months — and extreme climate that injured dozens of followers at a Louis Tomlinson have dominated the dialog as a lot because the gorgeous takeover of digital dance music bookings on the venue.
The roughly 9,250 seat venue formally opened in June 1941. In 2021 it was the world’s most-attended live performance venue, based on Billboard.
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