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V O L . X X I I N O. X X I X 60 BO O K O F L I S T S 2 0 17 H O S P I TA L I T Y & TO U R I S M Maine's entertainment & sporting venues Ranked by 2015 attendance 2015 Attendance No. Employees No. Volunteers Description Top executive Year founded 1 Sunday River Resort 15 South Ridge Road, Newry 04261 800-543-2754, sundayriver.com 500,000 1,400 N/A Eight mountain peaks for skiing and snowboarding, 135 trails and six terrain parks on 870 skiable acres, two resort hotels and hundreds of condominiums Dana Bullen 1959 2 Funtown Splashtown USA U.S. Route 1, 774 Portland Road, Saco 04072 284-5139, funtownsplashtownusa.com 500,000 500 0 Northern New England's largest water and amusement park Violet Cormier 1967 3 Hadlock Field Portland Sea Dogs 271 Park Ave., Portland 04102 874-9300, seadogs.com 368,291 15 1 N/A Double-A Eastern League affiliate of the Boston Red Sox Geoff Iacuessa 1994 4 Augusta Civic Center 76 Community Drive, Augusta 04330 626-2400, augustamaine.gov 330,000 106 N/A Convention, exhibition and special high-impact facility owned and operated by the city of Augusta Earl Kingsbury 1973 5 Androscoggin Bank Colisée 190 Birch St., Lewiston 04240 783-2009, thecolisee.com 325,000 60 15 Sports and entertainment venue hosting L/A Fighting Spirit home games, mixed martial arts, public skating and more Mike Cain 1958 6 Cross Insurance Center 515 Main St., Bangor 04401 561-8300, crossinsurancecenter.com 209,251 N/A N/A 5,800-seat, multi-purpose arena holds up to 8,500 people for concerts and features an attached 2,000-person convention center Joe Imbriaco 2013 7 York's Wild Kingdom 23 Railroad Ave., York Beach 03910 363-4911, yorkswildkingdom.com 205,915 100 0 Zoo and amusement park Amy Wheeler 1980 8 Darling's Waterfront Pavilion 1 Railroad St., Bangor 04401 358-9327, waterfrontconcerts.com 156,461 2 11 3 N/A 16,000 capacity outdoor concert venue located along Bangor's historic Penobscot River waterfront Elissa Young 2010 9 Merrill Auditorium 20 Myrtle St., Portland 04101 808-5400, portlandevents.com 148,000 14 100 Historic performing arts facility with seating capacity of 1,900 having hosted performances of John Philip Sousa, Vladimir Horowitz, George Gershwin, Jessy Norman, Alvin Ailey and more Andrew Downs 1912 4 10 Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine 142 Free St., Portland 04101 828-1234, www.kitetails.org 115,000 20 150 More than 20 hands-on exhibits, education and enrichment programs, theatre productions and more Suzanne Olson 1976 11 State Theatre 609 Congress St., Portland 04101 N/A, statetheatreportland.com 100,000 N/A N/A Historic theater re-opened in 2010 Andrew Downs 1929 12 Maine State Music Theater 22 Elm St., Brunswick 04011 725-8769, msmt.org 96,000 10 150 Contracted with the Actors' Equity Association's Council of Resident Stock Theatres, produces four main stage musicals, two children's musicals and three special concert events each summer at the Pickard Theater at Bowdoin College Curt Dale Clark Stephanie Dupal 1958 13 Harold Alfond Sports Arena University of Maine, Orono 04469 581-1865, goblackbears.com 85,000 5 10 60 5,125 capacity ice rink Karlton Creech 1977 14 Collins Center for the Arts University of Maine, 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono 04469 581-1804, collinscenterforthearts.com 73,000 10 40 1,435-seat, multi-use public assembly space on the campus of the University of Maine in Orono, classical and contemporary music, dance, theater, comedy, ceremonies, lectures and events presented by non- campus renters, promoters and organizations Daniel Williams 1986 15 Maine Red Claws 413 Congress St., Portland 04101 210-6655, maineredclaws.com 60,000 14 0 Boston Celtics affiliate playing in the NBA Development League Andrew Downs 2009 Maine's entertainment and sporting venues Ranked by 2015 attendance N E W L I S T