By Stacey Willets
TicketNews announces its exclusive weekly Top 10s and analysis for the week of 12/24/07 – 12/30/07.
OVERALL TOP 10 EVENTS
Event This Week Last Week Wicked 1 1 Hannah Montana 2 3 Jersey Boys 3 2 BCS Championship Game 4 8 New York Giants 5 n/a Céline Dion 6 7 George Strait 7 n/a Keith Urban & Carrie Underwood 8 5 Los Angeles Lakers 9 n/a Bon Jovi 10 6
Sales pick up for the BCS Championship Bowl as gameday draws near, yet, while the college football event ranks above the pro New York Giants, the Giants are the big movers and newsmakers this week.
New York hosted the New England Patriots Saturday for a much-anticipated game in which the Pats completed a perfect 16 – 0 regular season. For their role in NFL history, the Giants see a sales spike that puts them at number five on the Top Events chart.
The Los Angeles Lakers experience a similar bump, though on a much smaller scale due to hosting the Boston Celtics this weekend. They reach number nine in the rankings.
TOP 10 SPORTS EVENTS
Event This Week Last Week BCS Championship Game 1 1 New York Giants 2 n/a Boston Celtics 3 2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4 n/a Boston Red Sox 5 n/a Los Angeles Lakers 6 4 Super Bowl XLII 7 n/a Dallas Cowboys 8 7 UFC 79: Nemesis 9 n/a Daytona 500 10 10
The New York Giants take number two because of hosting the New England Patriots, while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers take number four for the NFC Wild Card match-up in which they’ll be hosting the New York Giants.
With Wild Card weekend yet to be played, Super Bowl XLII tickets are already moving. Twelve teams are left to compete for the chance to play in the seventh-ranked sports event.
TOP 10 THEATRE EVENTS
Event This Week Last Week Wicked 1 1 Jersey Boys 2 2 Lion King 3 5 Young Frankenstein 4 7 Disney on Ice: High School Musical 5 6 Cirque du Soleil: Wintuk 6 4 Phantom of the Opera 7 10 The Little Mermaid 8 n/a Blue Man Group 9 8 Radio City Christmas Spectacular 10 3
Radio City Christmas Spectacular closed this Sunday and Wintuk closes next, leaving room for the stars of 2008 to come out and shine. One such up-and-comer looks to be The Little Mermaid which ranks at number eight this week though it doesn’t officially open until January 10.
TOP 10 NEW YORK CITY THEATRE EVENTS
Event This Week Last Week Wicked 1 1 Jersey Boys 2 3 Young Frankenstein 3 5 Cirque du Soleil: Wintuk 4 4 The Little Mermaid 5 7 Radio City Christmas Spectacular 6 2 Lion King 7 6 Grease 8 9 Mary Poppins 9 8 Monty Python's Spamalot 10 10
TOP 10 CONCERT EVENTS
Event This Week Last Week Hannah Montana 1 1 Céline Dion 2 4 George Strait 3 6 Keith Urban & Carrie Underwood 4 2 Bon Jovi 5 3 Bruce Springsteen 6 5 Van Halen 7 7 Chris Brown & Bow Wow 8 9 Chris Rock 9 n/a Matchbox Twenty 10 n/a
Chris Rock rejoins the stand-up circuit and finds a spot in the Top Concerts rankings. He kicked off his “No Apologies” tour New Year’s Eve at Madison Square Garden.
TOP 10 LAS VEGAS SHOWS
Event This Week Last Week Bette Midler 1 1 Cirque du Soleil: “O” 2 2 Elton John: The Red Piano 3 4 Barry Manilow: Music and Passion 4 5 Blue Man Group 5 6 Cirque du Soleil: Mystère 6 n/a Le Rêve 7 n/a Cirque du Soleil: The Beatles: LOVE 8 3 Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular 9 7 Penn & Teller 10 9
It’s been a rough month for Sin City. Celine is gone, and now Vegas isn’t feeling the LOVE like it used to. The Beatles tribute show drops from number three to number eight this week, outsold by Cirque cousin Mystere and Cirque knock-off Le Reve.
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