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WHEELING, W.Va. \u2014 <\/span>WesBanco Arena and the Capitol Theatre are thriving entertainment venues in downtown Wheeling, attracting thousands of visitors each year with a variety of sold-out shows.<\/p>\n Notable artists such as Elton John, Billy Joel, Ray Charles, and most recently, Travis Tritt, have graced their stages.<\/p>\n “You know, really spreading our wings here at the arena as far as concerts, you know PBR, it’s a great event for us, and Toughman every year,” said Kelly Tucker, executive director of WesBanco Arena and Capitol Theatre<\/p>\n Tucker says Pittsburgh and Columbus aren’t the only music hubs in the region.<\/p>\n “People don’t have to travel anymore. They can just look in their own backyard and see a really fantastic show,” Tucker added.<\/p>\n The iconic Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1929, calls the Capitol Theatre home. <\/p>\n “The Valley and Wheeling, a city of 25,000 people, it’s extraordinary for a city of this size to have a professional orchestra,” said Sumner Riddick II, interim executive director of the orchestra.<\/p>\n Recent renovations at the Capitol Theatre have led to bigger acts and larger crowds. <\/p>\n “Two years ago, we probably wouldn’t be able to do that. But now, with the new fly system, we can hang all of the production,” Tucker said.<\/p>\n Local businesses are also benefiting from the increased activity. <\/p>\n “The restaurants have definitely reached out to me, they’re seeing an increase with the shows, hotels as well,” Tucker said.<\/p>\n The next event at the Capitol Theatre is scheduled for this Sunday, featuring Theresa Caputo, with more events at WesBanco Arena picking back up in November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source wtov9.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WHEELING, W.Va. \u2014 WesBanco Arena and the Capitol Theatre are thriving entertainment venues in downtown Wheeling, attracting thousands of visitors each year with a variety of sold-out shows. Notable artists such as Elton John, Billy Joel, Ray Charles, and most recently, Travis Tritt, have graced their stages. “You know, really spreading our wings here at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1947071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[331886,22005,21741,22034,86145,339522,339523,339524],"class_list":["post-1947070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-capitol-theatre","tag-concerts","tag-entertainment","tag-events","tag-local-businesses","tag-wesbanco-arena","tag-wheeling","tag-wheeling-symphony-orchestra"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WesBanco-Arena-Capitol-Theatre-key-to-Wheelings-entertainment-scene.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1947071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}