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Concerts, gun shows, dog shows, sports
The Salem Civic Center hosted about 35 ticketed events during 2007. Dog shows, gun shows, gem shows. Aaron Neville, the Harlem Globetrotters, a mud bog. But which events really turn people out? Click on the graphic below to see what sells. The bigger the "bubble", the more tickets sold. Use menus at the bottom to see the graphic by total tickets sold, or total per day. The same data is also available in a list below.
Source: Salem Civic Center
Last Updated: 09/18/2008
| Event | Start date | Number of days | Total tickets | Average per day |
| Horse Show* | 06/18/2007 | 6 | 25000 | 4167 |
| Home Show | 03/23/2007 | 3 | 15000 | 5000 |
| VHSL Wrestling | 03/02/2007 | 2 | 11122 | 5561 |
| Sesame St Live | 11/29/2007 | 4 | 9840 | 2460 |
| Rodeo | 01/05/2007 | 3 | 9119 | 3040 |
| Home Solutions | 09/15/2007 | 2 | 8025 | 4013 |
| Cole Circus | 09/14/2007 | 3 | 7850 | 2617 |
| Monster Trucks | 01/12/2007 | 3 | 7810 | 2603 |
| Mud Bog | 11/02/2007 | 2 | 6675 | 3338 |
| Odac BB-Men | 02/22/2007 | 4 | 5572 | 1393 |
| NCAA Basketball | 03/16/2007 | 2 | 5437 | 2719 |
| Stocked Market** | 11/09/2007 | 3 | 5352 | 1784 |
| Harlem Globetrotters | 03/14/2007 | 1 | 5214 | 5214 |
| Sugarland | 02/03/2007 | 1 | 5064 | 5064 |
| Thomas & Friends | 03/31/2007 | 1 | 4479 | 4479 |
| Alison Krauss | 05/18/2007 | 1 | 4316 | 4316 |
| Gun Show | 01/20/2007 | 2 | 3799 | 1900 |
| Gun Show | 04/14/2007 | 2 | 3656 | 1828 |
| Aaron Neville/Symphony | 03/30/2007 | 1 | 3612 | 3612 |
| Clifford | 04/25/2007 | 1 | 3499 | 3499 |
| Holiday Pops/Rke Sym | 12/07/2007 | 1 | 3404 | 3404 |
| Gun Show | 07/14/2007 | 2 | 3389 | 1695 |
| Gun Show | 12/15/2007 | 2 | 3317 | 1659 |
| Gun Show | 09/22/2007 | 2 | 3131 | 1566 |
| George Jones | 02/09/2007 | 1 | 3042 | 3042 |
| ODAC BB Women | 02/23/2007 | 3 | 2959 | 986 |
| RiverRidge BB | 02/14/2007 | 4 | 2731 | 683 |
| Pointer Sisters/Rke Sym | 10/26/2007 | 1 | 2450 | 2450 |
| Sara Evans/Josh Turner | 04/14/2007 | 2 | 2396 | 1198 |
| Lipizanner Stallions | 04/29/2007 | 1 | 2251 | 2251 |
| Gem Show | 05/25/2007 | 3 | 1850 | 617 |
| Billy Ray Cyrus | 10/19/2007 | 1 | 1832 | 1832 |
| Kenny Rogers | 05/04/2007 | 1 | 1556 | 1556 |
| Gem Show | 11/23/2007 | 3 | 1263 | 421 |
| Ricky Skaggs/Bruce Hornsby | 10/20/2007 | 1 | 1142 | 1142 |
*The horse show total includes total attendance, including particpants and vendors.
**Tickets sold by the Junior League of the Roanoke Valley are not included in this number because the data was unavailable.
