More Than a Quarter of America’s Highest-Grossing Concert Venues Are in These Three Cities

Amid Billboard’s expansive suite of year-end charts, six venue rankings track 175 of the highest-grossing concert halls in the world, from general admission clubs to international stadiums. Of those 175 rooms, 116 are in the United States, but Billboard is breaking them down further. Where are they? Where aren’t they? Which cities are the most populated with high-traffic concerts?

Las Vegas and Los Angeles have the highest concentration of year-end charting venues, each with 11. New York follows closely with 10, before San Francisco with nine.

Geographical determinations were based on Neilsen’s designated market area (DMA) regions. Year-end charts are based on figures reported to Billboard Boxscore for shows that took place between Oct. 1, 2024, and Sept. 30, 2025.

Vegas tops two of the six venue charts, at No. 1 on Top Venues (15,001+ capacity) with Sphere, and No. 1 on Top Venues (2,501-5k capacity) with The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. New York takes top honors among venues with a capacity of 5,001-10,000 with midtown Manhattan’s Radio City Music Hall. The other three charts are ruled by a stadium in Mexico City, an arena in Austin, and a theater in Nashville.

All of Vegas’ 11 charting venues are located in the city proper. The 11 for Los Angeles includes four in Inglewood, while New York’s 10 include UBS Arena in Belmont Park (Long Island), Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., and MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

After Vegas, L.A., N.Y.C., and S.F., each with nine, 10, or 11 venues on the year-end charts, there is a drop-off to a quartet of cities that boast five apiece: Atlanta, Boston, Denver, and Washington, D.C. Chicago, Dallas, Miami, and Tampa each have four, followed by Nashville with three.

While three of the top four markets are located in the western half of the U.S., it’s the opposite side that pulls more weight. Spread among 24 markets, 63 of America’s 116 charting venues lie east of the Mississippi river. Ten venues fall in the center of the map, with 43 venues, from just 10 different markets, are on the west.

Hover over each region on the map above for more information.