{"id":487300,"date":"2026-01-02T14:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T14:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/487300\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T14:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T14:51:10","slug":"florida-theatre-ranks-no-5-worldwide-in-tickets-sold-among-small-venues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/487300\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Theatre ranks No. 5 worldwide in tickets sold among small venues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla.<\/strong> \u2013 Jacksonville\u2019s Florida Theatre ranked No. 5 worldwide among theaters with up to 2,000 seats, according to the 2025 year-end report by trade magazine Pollstar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In addition, the Florida Theatre was ranked 45th in attendance worldwide, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaxdailyrecord.com\/news\/2025\/dec\/31\/florida-theatre-ranks-no-5-worldwide-in-ticket-revenue-for-small-halls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.jaxdailyrecord.com\/news\/2025\/dec\/31\/florida-theatre-ranks-no-5-worldwide-in-ticket-revenue-for-small-halls\/\">The Jacksonville Daily Record<\/a> compiled the list of the top five venues up to 2,000 seats, ranked by tickets sold:<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u2022 <b>3 Olympia Theatre:<\/b> 1,300 seats in Dublin; 293,811 tickets; $12,839,359 gross revenue<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u2022 <b>Teatro Telcel:<\/b> 2,000 seats in Mexico City; 284,394 tickets; $22,911,869 gross revenue<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u2022 <b>Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall:<\/b> 1,874 seats in Fort Myers; 216,392 tickets; $16,214,781 gross revenue<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u2022 <b>Capitole Gent:<\/b> 1,600 seats in Ghent, Belgium; 188,120 tickets; $7,529,634 gross revenue<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u2022 <b>Florida Theatre:<\/b> 1,865 seats in Downtown Jacksonville; 184,803 tickets; $8,378,327 gross revenue<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cAs a 98-year-old theatre, it proves that history and innovation can thrive together. In addition, it speaks to the passion of our audiences, the strength of our programming, and the enduring role this historic theatre continues to play in the Jacksonville community,\u201d Kevin Stone, interim president and vice president of programming at the Florida Theatre, said in a news release Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaxdailyrecord.com\/news\/2025\/dec\/31\/florida-theatre-ranks-no-5-worldwide-in-ticket-revenue-for-small-halls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.jaxdailyrecord.com\/news\/2025\/dec\/31\/florida-theatre-ranks-no-5-worldwide-in-ticket-revenue-for-small-halls\/\"><b>Read more at The Jacksonville Daily Record<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville\u2019s Florida Theatre ranked No. 5 worldwide among theaters with up to 2,000 seats, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":487301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,171,3188,723,35469,7310,975,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-487300","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-fl","11":"tag-florida","12":"tag-florida-theatre","13":"tag-jacksonville","14":"tag-music","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115826070924918067","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}