Metallica's stop in Sioux Falls on Wednesday night brought in the biggest-ever crowd to the Denny Sanford Premier Center.
Attendance at the sold-out show topped 12,000, the Premier Center reported Wednesday. That's more than the record-setting crowd for Carrie Underwood in October 2016.
Both shows were set up for success by each event's producers. Both Metallica and Underwood featured a stage in the middle of the Premier Center floor, opening up seats on the east side of the area. And both shows opened the entire floor to general admission standing room, with no seats.
More than two million have come through the facility's doors, the Premier Center noted. In 2017, attendance topped 709,000 helping the venue rank 44th in the United States and 88th in the world for concert attendance according to Pollstar Magazine.
Underwood is coming back to the Premier Center in October 2019 with her "The Cry Pretty Tour 360.