Little Caesars Arena will almost certainly end 2018, its first full calendar year of operation, as one of the most-attended arenas in the world.

Concert industry trade magazine Pollstar publishes an annual worldwide arena ranking based on ticketed events (excluding pro sports team games).

Atop the full-year 2017 list was the O2 in London (1.4 million tickets sold), Madison Square Garden in New York City (1.1 million), Manchester Arena in England (1 million) and The SSE Hydro in Scotland (1 million). It's unclear where LCA will fall for its calendar-year 2018 events (which are subject to tour scheduling), but it should be in the top 10, or could even top the list. Little Caesars was open for less than four months in 2017, but was 83rd in the world with 240,727 tickets sold last year.

Subtracting out Red Wings' and Pistons' attendance to produce an estimate suggests that LCA could have about 1.5 million ticketed attendance for 2018. That potentially makes it the most-attended arena in the world.

"We're fairly confident we're going to finish in the top 5 in North America and hope to finish in the top 10 in the world," said Chris Granger, hired in 2017 as Ilitch Holdings group president for sports and entertainment. The Ilitch family oversaw the arena's construction and financing, and operates the publicly owned arena under a long-term lease.