Beyonce and Taylor Swift drew huge crowds to their shows at Levi’s Stadium. Yet, Ed Sheeran is expected to surpass those numbers this weekend.
which has been a source of controversy at the stadium for sometime)
Surpassing 70,000 concertgoers would establish Sheeran’s concert as one of the biggest crowds for any event at the stadium. How is this possible? Doesn’t a “sold out” venue represent the same number of people sitting in the same number of seats?Unlike with amphitheaters and many theaters, the stage size and configuration at stadiums are routinely altered for each event, which goes a long way to dictating attendance.
Sheeran, who also performs at the Fox Theater in Oakland on Sept. 15, doesn’t face those issues because his current tour uses an “in-the-round” setting, where the stage is placed at the center of the field, affording a decent sight line on all sides of a stadium. Metallica has been using the concept for years — including on its current concert tour, which recentlyThis is not to diminish Sheeran’s considerable musical accomplishments.
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