Arena Market: Canada
Sharing a border with the US is both a blessing and a curse for Canada’s arenas. Acts committed to long tours might zigzag over the border to take in Canada’s major cities alongside the US’s most northern cities. Those doing shorter tours, however, will focus on Canada’s two largest cities, Toronto and Vancouver, and skip the rest.
“Demand for shows is still very strong, but we’re seeing a routing shift where more tours are hitting Toronto,” says Kevin Donnelly, GM of the 15,000-cap Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg. “Then the second wave of shows will pick up a Vancouver and maybe a Montreal.
“Demand for shows is still very strong, but we’re seeing a routing shift where more tours are hitting Toronto,” says Kevin Donnelly, GM of the 15,000-cap Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg.
“Then…
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