Melbourne’s Corner Hotel In Top 7 Club Venues Worldwide

Melbourne’s Corner Hotel is the seventh top club venue in the world according to ticket sales from the first three quarters of 2014.

Collated by American publication Pollstar, the figures say that between 1 January and 30 September 2014 the Corner Hotel in Richmond has sold 91,362 tickets. Booked by Melbourne-based Corner Presents, the only other Australian venue in the top 100 is fellow Melbourne venue the Northcote Social Club, who’s sold 27,552 tickets in the period. The venue is also booked by Corner Presents.

The top venue so far in 2014 is the infamous House Of Blues Boston, which has moved 223,014 tickets, ahead of Washington’s 9:30 Club (192,260) and New York’s Terminal 5 (156,257). The first non-US venue in the list is Ancienne Belgique at five with 139,856.

There are a number of other notable inclusions in the list such as Denver’s Ogden Theatre (10 with 86,818) San Francisco’s The Fillmore (21 with 75,763) and Austin’s Emo’s (56 with 49,501).

Ben Thompson’s Corner Presents has undergone a restructure in 2014, with their three other venues including Melbourne’s 170 Russell and Shebeen and Sydney’s Newtown Social Club.