• SMG, the management group that manages the City’s entertainment venues, received some good news recently in Venues Today, a concert industry reporting trade magazine. From October 2008-09, the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena ranked fifth in the U.S. and 10th in the world in gross ticket sales for venues with a capacity of 10,001-15,000. The arena ranked one notch higher than Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
