MOTD: 081516 Revenue of Promoters of Sporting Events with Facilities (NAICS 711310) and Location of US Sports Arena, Tracks and Stadiums

With college football season just around the corner, we wanted to plot the location of the largest football stadiums in the US. The hunt for that info led us to a list of all major sports stadiums and arenas, a dataset maintained by the Dept. of Homeland Security. Curious as to the economic impact of these arenas, we paired the location data with revenue data for “Promoters of Performing Arts and Sporting Events with Facilities” (NAICS #711310) which we obtained from the US Census Bureau. It’s important to note that the Census Bureau data lumps Performing Arts venues with sports venues.

FactLook sports stadiums and revenue by state

 

The largest facility is a racetrack, a speedway to be exact. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway seats 257,325 people (the stadium data does not seem to include infield capacity). In fact, the top 5 facilities as far as capacity are all dedicated to motorsports:

  1. Indianpolis Motor Speedway (257,325)
  2. Texas Motor Speedway (191,122)
  3. Daytona International Speedway (168,000)
  4. Bristol Motor Speedway (160,000)
  5. Las Vegas Motor Speedway (142,000)

After speedways, which account for the top 11 facilities for seating capacity, are college football stadiums, which hold the next five positions on the list :

  1. Michigan Stadium — Univ. of Michigan (109,901)
  2. Beaver Stadium — Penn St. (106,572)
  3. Ohio Stadium — Ohio St. (104,944)
  4. Kyle Field — Texas A&M (102,500)
  5. Leyland Stadium — University of Tennessee (102,455)

Interestingly, the states with the two highest revenues — New York ($1.87 billion) and California ($1.25) — do not have a single sports venuebetween them with a seating capacity that exceeds 100,000. But of course, both states have multiple professional sports franchises located within their borders. And considering the Census Bureau data includes performing arts venues, New York’s towering revenue figure makes even more sense.

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