With a 24,000-seat capacity, the Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville is the largest outdoor venue near Indianapolis and the largest amphitheater in the Midwest. Now, it’s ranked globally.
The amphitheater placed No. 1 internationally for ticket sales in 2023, according to a Pollstar ranking. The venue also ranked as the No. 3 amphitheater for gross sales worldwide. The venue previously ranked in 2018.
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It's official, we are World Champs!?Pollstar has released its annual Year End issue for the touring industry, & we are the #1 Amphitheater for Tickets Sold Worldwide! This would not be possible without the artists, our crew & all the fans that came through our doors.Thank you!? pic.twitter.com/2IGr24Vusa — Ruoff Music Center (@ruoffmusicenter) December 12, 2023
This year was Ruoff’s second largest season with more than 625,000 guests attending the venue.
Noblesville makes $1 from each ticket sold at the venue. Additionally, the venue generated $2.6 million in tax revenue for the city.
Robert Herrington, press secretary for the mayor’s office, said the money is used to pay off
bonds for infrastructure improvements around the amphitheater.
Additional city revenues also have been put toward road improvements near the music center. Herrington said the infrastructure projects have cost $73.8 million since 2007.
This year, the center hosted acts including Janet Jackson, Dave Matthews Band, Post Malone, Shania Twain, Fall Out Boy, Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa, 50 Cent, Pantera, Matchbox Twenty, Zac Brown Band, Mudvayne, Luke Bryan, Nickelback, The Offspring, Pentatonix, Disturbed, ODESZA, The Smashing Pumpkins, Jason Aldean and Jelly Roll.
The center also hosted Farm Aid, the first time since 2001, with headliners John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson, alongside Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Bob Dylan, Margo Price and more.
Read more: Farm Aid brings folk rock icons to Indiana
Ruoff’s 2024 lineup features performances from Hootie & the Blowfish, Tyler Childers, Niall Horan, Earth, Wind & Fire, Chicago, Limp Bizkit, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Styx, Foreigner, Alanis Morissette, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Creed, New Kids On The Block, Paula Abdul, Sammy Hagar, ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
A full 2024 schedule can be found on Ruoff's Live Nation page.
