July 9, 2004                                                              

Save Mart Center at Fresno State

2650 East Shaw Avenue

Fresno, CA 93710

(559) 347-3400

www.savemartcenter.com

Contact: Lark Ohta  (559) 347-3415

Learn more about what makes Fresno State unique.

Save Mart Center Ranked 10^th in the World for Mid Year

FRESNO, CA --- The Save Mart Center at Fresno State announces that POLLSTAR Magazine has ranked the arena as the 10^th busiest building in the world in its semi annual ranking.

The Save Mart Center is the only collegiate facility and one of only two California buildings to be in the top ten, sharing space with Manchester Evening News in Manchester, England, Bell Centre of Montreal, Quebec and HP Pavilion in San Jose.   

Looked upon as the top national industry trade magazine, POLLSTAR tracks all tickets sales in venues worldwide.  The ranking is solely based on ticket sales for non-competitive events.

Rankings are not weighted by venue size and seating capacity, so it is noteworthy that the Save Mart Center ranked in the top ten amongst primarily 21,000+ capacity venues.

Of the top ten arenas, six venues have 20,000+ seats and the remaining three have between 17,000 to 19,000 seats.  Save Mart Center has an average of 12,000-15,000 seats per ticketed event.

Top Ten Venues

• Manchester Evening News Arena: Manchester, England-21,000 seats

• Bell Centre: Montreal, Quebec-21,000 seats

• Hp Pavilion: San Jose, CA-20,000 seats

• Wachovia Spectrum: Philadelphia, PA-19,000 seats

• Wachovia Center: Philadelphia, PA-21,000 seats

• Savvis Center: St. Louis, MO-21,000 seats

• Quest Center: Omaha, NE-17,000 seats

• KeyArena at Seattle Center: Seattle, WA-17,000 seats

• Palace of Auburn Hills:  Auburn Hills, MI-22,000 seats

• Save Mart Center: Fresno, CA-15,000 seats

            The Save Mart Center, an SMG-managed facility, is the proud home for the Fresno State Bulldogs and the Fresno Falcons.  Headquartered in Philadelphia, SMG provides facility management services to 160 venues, controlling over 1.4 million entertainment seats worldwide.

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