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Between this and the Moscow theater hostage crisis...and I guess the Bataclan attacks in France...people seem to target theaters in other countries.
But the US seems much more concerned about sporting events being targeted in the US. I don't hear about security restrictions on theaters.
I guess a sporting event can have a lot more people, and if televised might be higher visibility. But I'd think that any vulnerability would persist across national boundaries.
Outside of the US, soccer fixtures are the biggest sporting events (certainly in Europe & Russia).
Due to a long history of violent football hooliganism, there is already elevated security around these events & international intelligence coordination preceding them.
Additionally, it is usually very difficult to obtain tickets unless you have connections to a club.
These factors would make them trickier targets than lesser sporting events or concerts.
Differences in transport access to sporting stadia & theatres in different countries may also play a role. Terrorists naturally take logistics into account.
And maybe the US just picks up more chatter about sporting events & not much about theatres?
But yeah, broadly either type of target is possible anywhere.