Vol. XXV, No. 5, May 2025
- Editor's corner
- Consumer expenditures for out-of-home entertainment and recreation not keeping up with inflation
- A paradigmatic shift for LBEs; the entertainment is no longer the primary attraction
- Gen Zers have global palettes
- Novelty seeking; the decline of repeat appeal
- As if arcade games aren't already large, welcome to the Human Crane
- If your entertainment venue isn't experiencing valueflation, it's probably losing ground
- The growing number of amusement and theme parks
- Saving clients from themselves
Consumer expenditures for out-of-home entertainment and recreation not keeping up with inflation
Household expenditures for all types of out-of-home entertainment and recreation* are not keeping up with inflation. For all U.S. households, average spending only increased by 9% between 2019 and 2023, far less than the 19% inflation increase. By regions of the U.S., expenditures kept pace with inflation except for the South, where average expenditures decreased by 10% since 2019.
* Entertainment and recreation expenditures include fees and admissions for all types of entertainment venues, sports, cultural venues, museums, recreational lessons, and memberships for social, recreation, and health clubs.
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Vol. XXV, No. 5, May 2025
- Editor's corner
- Consumer expenditures for out-of-home entertainment and recreation not keeping up with inflation
- A paradigmatic shift for LBEs; the entertainment is no longer the primary attraction
- Gen Zers have global palettes
- Novelty seeking; the decline of repeat appeal
- As if arcade games aren't already large, welcome to the Human Crane
- If your entertainment venue isn't experiencing valueflation, it's probably losing ground
- The growing number of amusement and theme parks
- Saving clients from themselves
