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Kolzig33189 t1_iwnw8t7 wrote

XL is a bigger venue, just one level below arena like foxboro so they attract the huge names. Mohegan is a smaller venue than even fox woods main stage, so they get a lot of B tier stuff although sometimes something like Springsteen or Journey will do a 2 night show there.

Also mohegan is obviously indoors which opens availability in winter and XL as far as I know doesn’t have winter time shows.

Edit: I now realize this is incorrect as another poster pointed out, I got XL and Xfinity centers confused.

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Tonydildos t1_iwnyvg8 wrote

XL center is not an outdoor venue

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Kolzig33189 t1_iwo0d88 wrote

You’re right, I was thinking Xfinity center or whatever The Meadows is called now, it’s changed names probably 5x..

In still trying to answer your question, Xfinity center has a ton of other events besides music acts…car shows, various UConn men and womens basketball games, etc to schedule around.

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Eyeseeno t1_iwqev7f wrote

Xfinity Theatre*

Xfinity Center is in MA (I know, confusing)

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waterford1955_2 t1_iwodb6y wrote

>Mohegan is a smaller venue than even fox woods main stage

Not true. MS arena holds 10,000. Foxwoods has nothing even close to that.

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knightofsolarisbos t1_iwpe2t3 wrote

It holds 10k as a maximum. Because most shows the stage isn't dead center of the basketball court it's more often 7200-8000 and they block off seats behind the stage.

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Kolzig33189 t1_iwpiqj5 wrote

Exactly - usually about 1/4 to 1/3 of the arena seats that are behind or to the sides of the stage are blocked off.

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waterford1955_2 t1_iwsdiyz wrote

But it's still nothing close to the capacity of the Mohegan Sun arena.

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