Hello, ebrain-ga
I see no one has answered your question yet! Looks like I have the
information for you, but it will take a little deciphering on your
part, since only you know the exact type of events you want to include
in your answer.
The U.S. Economic Census report, for 1997, but issued in 2000,
contains a thorough listing of all entertainment events in the United
States that pay federal taxes. The census is taken in five-year
intervals, so this this is the most up-to-date report available. The
chart of events, which starts on page 12 of the report, lists the
number of establishments (events) by type, annual receipts, annual
payroll, etc. For instance, under “Spectator Sports,” the census lists
the number as 3,381. The sports are then broken down by category.
Remember, these are events established enough to pay federal taxes.
The entire report, titled “1997 Economic Census: Arts, Entertainment
and Recreation” is available at
http://www.census.gov/prod/ec97/97s71-us.pdf (Make sure you are
patient in allowing it enough time to load, as it is quite lengthy)
If you are even more patient in loading time, you might try the US
Census Service Annual Survey at
http://www.census.gov/prod/ec97/97s71-us.pdf . It will not give you
the number of events, but lists the annual revenue from events from
1998-2000. For example, Spectator Sports brought in $18,895 million in
the year 2000. If you have a desire for this type of information,
Chapter 9 of the report is the Arts, Entertainment and Recreation
portion.
I believe the Census Report is the best, comprehensive information
you can get. Otherwise, I believe you will have to select a particular
type of event, like football, and research the number of events in
each category separately.
I hope this provides a good start for you!
umiat-ga |
Clarification of Answer by
umiat-ga
on
28 Aug 2002 22:51 PDT
Well, I guess you are right, there.
Page 10 of the report gives a somewhat tenuous definition of
"establishments." Quoting...."Many of the "kinds of business or
operation" included in this sector are not thought of as commercial
business and the terms (such as "business", "establishment" and
"firm") used to describe them may not be descriptive of such services.
However, these terms are applied to all "kinds of business or
operation" in order to maintain conformity in the measures of
production and delivery of goods and services in the presentation of
data."
Hmmm...did you get that?
Also, read the beginning of page 10, which says "The Arts,
Entertainment and Recreation Sector.....includes a wide range of
establishments that operate facilities or provide services to meet
varied cultural, entertainment and recreational interests of their
patrons......Read the rest of the paragraph.
Therefore, for each establishment....for instance, dog-racing tracks,
you would have to contact each one in each state to find out the
number of individual events (of the particular size you are interested
in) so that you could then compile a number for the country as a
whole. There is no easier way to do this. There are too many types of
live events to compile a standard list, since the composition of the
lists would be very specific to the individual wanting the
information.
You could, possibly, post further questions on the board, asking for
numbers of very specific events..i.e. number of NHL hockey games
played per year, number of IHL hockey games played per year, number of
college hockey games played per year, etc. As you can see, the project
would be very extensive. You would have to compile a list of events
yourself, and either pay for a huge list of events, or break them down
into individual sports and entertainment events. The census data,
however, gives you a starting point for the types of events which may
be recorded, and the number of establishments which host, at the very
minimum, at least 1 event per year. Obviously, each one most likely
hosts more than that.
Another place to go might be one of the various almanacs. I went to
the World Almanac at http://www.infoplease.com/world.html, clicked on
countries, clicked on the United States, clicked on U.S. Statistics,
and then clicked on Miscellaneous. I then clicked on "Participation in
Various Leisure Activities, which brought me to this
page...http://www.infoplease.com/world.html. Unfortunately, though it
gives participation of the U.S. population by percent for some
activities, it does not tell numbers.
You might try going to the main Almanacs page at
http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html. For example, I went to the
Arts and Entertainment Almanac, clicked on the "Performing Arts
Section", and then
clicked on "Summer Music and Dance Festivals," which brought me to
this listing by state..http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0153209.html.
You could count all those listings for just one, tiny segment of your
answer.
As you can see, you have picked a very exhaustive search. You might
try to refine this search somewhat by picking out some specific, live
events and then try to go for the numbers individually.
umiat-ga
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