December 10, 2007
'Most Eventful Cities' Rankings Reveal Top Places for Things to Do
Findings Released by Eventful Show This Year's 25 Most Happening Locations Across the Nation
San Diego, Calif. – December 10, 2007 – Eventful, the leading events Web site, today released its first annual ‘Most Eventful Cities’ rankings, which lists U.S. cities by the number and type of local events. Based on the millions of events listed on Eventful.com, the rankings reveal which cities have the most going on, providing a valuable insight into the character and vitality of each area.
Eventful looked at all U.S. cities with a population of 100,000 or more to find the locations with the most events. The nation’s largest cities such as New York, Los Angeles and Chicago appeared in the top ten. However, several cities with smaller populations also reached the top of the rankings because of their disproportionately high number of events. These include: San Francisco (pop. 744,041) in third place, with many community, performing arts and singles events; Tucson, Ariz. (pop. 518,956) in sixth place, boasting many family and school or alumni events; and Washington D.C. (pop. 581,530) in tenth place, with its many neighborhood, education and political events.
The ‘Most Eventful Cities’ rankings also reveal which cities are best for certain types of activities. For instance, San Diego ranked highest for pet-related events, Los Angeles has the highest number of book-related activities just ahead of Houston, and New York tops the list for singles events, with San Francisco coming in second.
“The ‘Most Eventful Cities’ rankings provide a fascinating snapshot of how people spend their time across the nation,” said Jordan Glazier, CEO of Eventful, Inc. “Events are at the heart of each city’s character and vitality, so it’s interesting to see which cities offer the greatest breadth of activities for residents and visitors. Eventful is a great resource to help people make their lives more fulfilled by discovering and getting involved in events in their local communities. We wanted to see how events compared in different cities and created the ‘Most Eventful Cities’ rankings to highlight the hot spots and regional trends across the United States.”
Eventful helps users throughout the world discover, share and create events, with approximately four million events to choose from including concerts, singles events, kids’ activities and community happenings. Eventful users are able to promote their events on Eventful for free and use widgets, automatically generated by Eventful, to display their events on other sites and social networks. Eventful’s community of more than four million users connects and socializes through their shared interests and local events.
Methodology for 2007 ‘Most Eventful Cities’ rankings
Eventful has the largest aggregation of local events in the world, with approximately four million upcoming events at any time on the site. The 2007 ‘Most Eventful Cities’ rankings are based on the total number of events listed on Eventful that took place in each U.S. city from August 2006 – August 2007. Results can be found below and users can find events throughout the world at http://www.eventful.com
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Rankings: Top 25 ‘2007 Most Eventful Cities’
1. New York, New York (pop. 8,214,426) |
Rankings: Most Eventful Cities, Categorically Speaking
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Arts & Culture (Most arts & culture events) 1. New York 2. Chicago 3. Las Vegas 4. San Francisco 5. Los Angeles 6. Seattle 7. San Diego 8. Boston 9. Houston 10. Phoenix
Wheelers & Dealers
Night Crawlers
Music Lovers
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Outdoors (Most outdoors events) 1. Los Angeles 2. New York 3. San Francisco 4. Washington, D.C. 5. Chicago 6. Miami 7. San Diego 8. Phoenix 9. Denver 10. Boston
Pet Lovers
Bookworms
Singles
Family
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About Eventful Inc.
San Diego based Eventful, Inc., operates Eventful.com, the leading events Web site that enables its community of users to discover, promote, share and create events throughout the world. Eventful users select from more than four million events taking place in local markets throughout the world, from concerts and sports to singles events and political rallies. Eventful’s Demand service enables users to influence where their favorite performers appear by creating viral grass-roots campaigns to “Demand” them in their town. Visit Eventful at http://www.eventful.com
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Posted by brian at December 10, 2007 08:30 AM