TBPAC's Carol Morsani Hall ranks 1-2-3 in industry publications' mid

							FOR RELEASE: July 28, 2008                                                                     CONTACT:
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TBPAC’s Carol Morsani Hall ranks 1-2-3
in industry publications’ mid-year worldwide charts
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       WHO:           Carol Morsani Hall at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center

       WHAT:          Venue tops mid-year worldwide charts of industry publications
                             #1 – Venues Today
                             #2 – Billboard
                             #3 – Pollstar

       WHEN:          Statistics in Venues Today are based on ticket sales from Oct. 16, 2007 through
                      May 15, 2008. Statistics in Billboard are based on ticket sales from Nov. 14,
                      2007 through May 13, 2008. Statistics in Pollstar are based on ticket sales
                      from Jan. 1 through June 30, 2008. Because of the variety of publications’
                      reporting criteria, the rankings vary.

       DETAILS:       Venues Today magazine ranked the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center’s
                      Carol Morsani Hall first in overall ticket sales for venues with 5,000 seats
                      or less worldwide in their July 2008 mid-year issue. With sales of more
                      than $18 million, Morsani Hall bested such venues as New York’s Beacon
                      Theater and the Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Billboard
                      (July 26, 2008 issue) magazine ranked Carol Morsani Hall second, citing
                      attendance of nearly 286,000. Pollstar (July 21, 2008 issue) ranked
                      TBPAC’s Morsani Hall third in worldwide mid-year sales, outpacing,
                      among others, all venues of its size in Florida.

                      Upcoming events in Morsani Hall include Mamma Mia!, The Phantom of
                      the Opera, and The Barber of Seville. For more information about the
                      Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center and its upcoming events, please visit
                      TBPAC’s website at TBPAC.ORG.

                      Events, days, dates, times, performers and prices are subject to change without notice.

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