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<p>A mid-year report released by Pollstar, the concert tour industry&#8217;s primary trade publication, ranked the F.M. Kirby Center as No. 99 worldwide, based on ticket sales.</p><p>The publication put the Kirby Center&#8217;s ticket sales at 39,806 for the first half of the calendar year, the most the center has ever sold during any six-month period.</p><p>The report also showed the Kirby&#8217;s worthiness as a contender with other Pennsylvania theaters &#8212; only bested by Philadelphia&#8217;s Academy of Music, ranked No. 81; and Pittsburgh&#8217;s Stage AE, ranked No. 55.</p><p>This is the center&#8217;s second consecutive ranking in the Top-100 mid-year report, coming in at No. 99 halfway through 2016 as well, and finishing 2016 with a ranking of 109.</p><p>Will Beekman, executive director of the Kirby Center, said that the success came from a decision to &#8220;step outside of the box and be more aggressive within the market,&#8221; according to a press release.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">The F.M. Kirby Center has cracked Pollstar&#8217;s Top 100 theaters in ticket sales for the second consecutive year. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/web1_TTL021217boscov1.jpg</photo0><caption0>The F.M. Kirby Center has cracked Pollstar&#8217;s Top 100 theaters in ticket sales for the second consecutive year. </caption0><photoCredit0>Times Leader file photo </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Toni Ann Pennello</p><p>tpennello@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Wilkes-Barre’s F.M. Kirby Center breaks Pollstar’s Top 100 at mid-year report