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Wachovia Complex Tops In Tickets Sold For 2004


ARENAS SELL 676,992 TICKETS TO EVENTS IN PHILADELPHIA IN 10 MONTHS


(Philadelphia, PA - October 13, 2004) The Wachovia Complex in Philadelphia, PA, has sold more tickets in the first 10 months of 2004 than any other facility in the world, according to Pollstar Magazine, the concert industry's leading publication.

The Complex, which combines the 21,000-seat Wachovia Center and the 18,000-seat Wachovia Spectrum, sold 676,992 tickets to non-sporting events from January 1 through October 1, 2004, according to Pollstar. The number of tickets sold does not include the sports teams, which call the arenas their home.

The Wachovia Complex outsold the Manchester Event News Arena in Manchester, England (488,145); the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec (445,146); the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA (433,793); Madison Square Garden in New York, NY (380,079); the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario (323,653); the Savvis Center in St. Louis, MO (318,990); the Palace of Auburn Hills outside of Detroit, MI (299,270); the St. Pete Times in Tampa, FL (287,776) and the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, CA (283,630).

Three other facilities managed by Comcast-Spectacor's subsidiary Global Spectrum are featured in Pollstar's Top 50, including the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario; the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, NJ; and the Dodge Arena in Hidalgo, TX.







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