Red Rocks Amphitheatre Finishes a Record Setting 2025

 

DENVER – Red Rocks Amphitheatre once again finishes the year with top attendance rankings nationally and globally, including new records for attendance and events.

 

With more than 1.75 million paid fans attending 236 events, Red Rocks is Pollstar Magazine’s best attended amphitheatre for 2025. Billboard Magazine ranks Red Rocks as the second most-attended venue in the United States, only behind Madison Square Garden (New York). 

 

According to Billboard’s Boxscore year-end rankings, London’s O2 Arena finishes first in the world for attendance with 2.5 million fans, followed by Madison Square Garden and Madrid’s Movistar Arena with 1.8 million fans each. Red Rocks’ 1.72 million fans puts it in fourth place, in a virtual tie with The Sphere (Las Vegas) and Santiago’s Movistar Arena with 1.7 million fans. Red Rocks will be visited by another 1.1 million unpaid tourists and others.

 

Red Rocks is the only venue making Billboard’s Top 10 that is outdoors and operational only part of the year, and is the only one with a capacity of fewer than 15,000 seats.

 

“It’s thanks to Red Rocks fans that the venue continues to post these fun statistics,” said Tad Bowman, venue director.  “For only operating part of the year and with a smaller capacity, the Red Rocks crew, our promoting partners and vendors all work pretty hard to get these results.”

 

Red Rocks Amphitheatre is owned by the City and County of Denver and operated by the City’s Denver Arts & Venues agency. The venue opened in 1941 and will celebrate its 85^th event season in 2026.

 

 

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About Denver Arts & Venues
Denver Arts & Venues’ mission is to enrich Denver’s quality of life and economic vitality through the advancement of arts, culture and entertainment opportunities for all. Denver Arts & Venues operates Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex, Colorado Convention Center, Denver Coliseum, Theatre at Loretto Heights and McNichols Civic Center Building, using proceeds from events at these venues to run and maintain these facilities and to provide access to art for all through free and low-cost community events, grants for artists and arts organizations, public art and art education. Using Good Times, For Good. For more information, visit www.ArtsandVenues.com