Forsyth Barr Stadium management says the venue is staking its place as one of the country's top concert venues after hosting by far the biggest concerts in Australasia for two major international acts recently.
Wednesday night's Aerosmith rock concert (20,000 fans) and Paul Simon's show on April 6 (12,500) drew the largest crowds for both acts' Down Under tours after slow ticket sales across the Tasman forced them to rearrange concerts.
Aerosmith did not play another New Zealand concert. Simon only held one concert in Auckland.
The Dunedin turnout for Aerosmith was about 8000 more than went to the band's biggest day of a two-day festival performed with Van Halen in Sydney last week, having cancelled its solo show because of slow ticket sales, Australian media claimed.
The band has three more concerts in Australia, but the biggest of those venues has 14,000 seats.