With a inhabitants of 6.5m, Toronto is Canada’s largest metropolis and the capital of Ontario. The Scotiabank Area is town’s main venue and opened in 1999 because the Air Canada Centre however was renamed in 2018.
For music reveals, there’s scalable capability, going from 5,935 individuals in a diminished theatre set-up to 18,420 individuals in a 360-centre set-up. It additionally boasts a $1m Bose sound system.
Regardless of being the house to 2 separate sports activities groups (the Nationwide Hockey League’s Toronto Maple Leafs in addition to the Nationwide Basketball Affiliation’s Toronto Raptors), it places on a lot of concert events.
“Music makes up about 50% of our calendar previous to NHL and NBA playoff runs,” says Melissa Bubb-Clarke, SVP of music and stay occasions at MLSE, the homeowners and operators of Scotiabank Area.
“Music makes up about 50% of our calendar previous to NHL and NBA playoff runs”
It now has full cell ticketing for all occasions and is a cashless venue. The Scotiabank Area app permits ticketholders to pre-order merchandise and QR codes across the venue could be scanned to find out wait instances for concession stands.
Dua Lipa, Diljit Dosanjh, Eric Church, and Rage In opposition to The Machine have all performed up to now this 12 months, and future bookings in 2022 embrace Harry Kinds, Seventeen, Pearl Jam, Publish Malone, Lizzo, and The Who, making it one of many busiest live performance arenas on the planet.
“We hosted our first live performance on 7 October 2021 with Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin, 580 days after our final live performance,” says Bubb-Clarke of the post-Covid opening up of stay music. “Our venue capability was quickly decreased till we re-opened to full capability on 1 March 2022.”
Montreal is Canada’s second-largest metropolis, with a inhabitants of 4.3m. As the largest metropolis within the Francophone province of Quebec, it’s characteristically totally different to the main cities within the nation’s different provinces. The Bell Centre dates again to 1996 and may maintain as much as 15,000 individuals for concert events. Anglophonic acts are, nonetheless, nicely represented, with reveals later this 12 months from Gorillaz, Panic! At The Disco, Daddy Yankee, Scorpions, and My Chemical Romance.
“Our venue capability was quickly decreased till we re-opened to full capability on 1 March 2022”
As the main metropolis on the western seaboard and with a inhabitants of two.7m, Vancouver has a excessive focus of arena-level venues. The Pacific Coliseum dates again to 1910 and has a capability of 15,713 in everlasting seating, however this may be prolonged by an additional 2,000 momentary seats. Worldwide acts taking part in in 2022 embrace Nelly, TLC & Shaggy, and Tyler, the Creator.
The Rogers Area opened in downtown Vancouver in 1995 and is a serious sporting venue, however in its music configuration it could actually maintain audiences of 19,000. It has hosted the Juno Awards a number of instances, and acts like Ariane Grande, Iron Maiden, and Adele have all performed there. Acts performing in 2022 embrace The Killers, Backstreet Boys, Seventeen, Gorillaz, Florence + The Machine, and Eagles.
The Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports activities Centre opened in 2008 and may maintain 8,000 individuals for concert events. In 2022, acts taking part in the venue embrace Olivia Rodrigo, Royal Blood, HAIM, and 5 Seconds of Summer time.
“The stay trade has seen an unimaginable improve in reveals as restrictions have been lifted, particularly in our market”
Because the capital of Canada, Ottawa is just the sixth-largest metropolis within the nation, however regardless of its comparatively small dimension, it has a variety of main arenas. With a capability of 19,153, the Canadian Tire Centre is on a par with the Scotiabank Area in Toronto. Acts who’ve performed the venue in recent times embrace Def Leppard, Carrie Underwood, Lynyrd Skynyrd, André Rieu, Avenged Sevenfold, and Elton John. Music bookings for later this 12 months embrace Pearl Jam, Rod Stewart, and Luke Combs.
The FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton opened in 1985 and may maintain 19,000 individuals for music concert events, with acts taking part in in 2022 together with Rage In opposition to The Machine, Judas Priest, and Pearl Jam.
“The stay trade has seen an unimaginable improve in reveals as restrictions have been lifted, particularly in our market,” says Bubb-Clarke on the restoration of stay music in Canada. “Scotiabank Area will host 57 reveals by the top of this 12 months, primarily based on the calendar from January to December 2022.”
