Intrust Bank Arena set a new record on Monday with the help of a thrash metal band that’s been around for 37 years.
Metallica’s Monday-night crowd of 15,690 was the biggest the downtown arena has seen in its nine year-history, and it busted the previous record held by country legend George Strait, who drew 14,680 fans in 2014.
The only way to get crowds that big at Wichita’s arena is to play a show in-the-round, meaning that the stage is in the center of the floor and every seat is available. That’s what Metallica did for its first show in Wichita since it played the Kansas Coliseum in 2004, and the band filled every seat and then some. The show was a sell out, arena officials said.
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