entertainment venues
The Best Seat in the House is a Cheap Seat
Anthony Davis | September 13, 2023
By Anthony Davis If you were to travel to see your favorite musical act in any city in the US, which city would you choose? How would you decide? Would you want to travel somewhere with a famous music scene, a fun destination with things to do and good infrastructure, or look for the cheapest ticket you can find? We know from previous HVS analysis that many fans are willing to travel, but that not all concert tour destinations have the same appeal. Why do different stadiums or cities get more visitors and associated imported economic impact than others? To answer this question, we gathered data from Pollstar on four large domestic tou...
Do Sports Entertainment Districts Make a Difference?
Anthony Davis | January 26, 2023
By Anthony Davis HVS analysis found that while venues with districts do have more amenities, the difference is not statistically significant. When broken out by sport, MLB and NFL venues with districts had more entertainment amenities, however the differences were still not significant. Demand for these districts, estimated by tracking what attendees do before and after events, shows that the percentage of attendees who use entertainment amenities is not significantly different between venues with districts and without. Instead, these districts import existing demand from other locations in the city and concentrates them around the venu...
