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Only one venue in America had more visitors in 2025 than Colorado’s Red Rocks

Dec 29, 2025, 3:48 PM

When you have the most beautiful place to see a concert in the world, people will come check it out. In 2025 A TON of folks did just that at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. 

With over 1.75 million paid fans at 236 events in 2025, Red Rocks was the best-attended amphitheatre in the U.S., according to Pollstar Magazine, and the second-highest attended music venue in the U.S. after Madison Square Garden in New York.

Of those 1.75 million attendees, about 1.72 million were for concerts, making it the fourth-highest attended music venue in the world, in a virtual tie with The Sphere in Las Vegas, and only surpassed by the O2 Arena in London with 2.5 million fans, and Madison Square Garden and the Moviestar Arena in Madrid, at around 1.8 million fans each.

In addition to paid concert attendees, Red Rocks officials say about 1.1 million people attend free events or visit the park to hike, enjoy the views, or visit the gift shop or museum.

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Only one venue in America had more visitors in 2025 than Colorado’s Red Rocks