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  • 1.  Attendance Trends

    Posted 07-22-2020 03:00 PM

    Are there any stats out there on attendance trends now that some places are reopening?  What are others experiencing for indoor venues?

     

    Jamie Stout

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  • 2.  RE: Attendance Trends

    Posted 07-23-2020 09:53 AM
    Jamie, I am a food service consultant that works with museum clients across the country. Several of my clients have re-opened and the very consistent number I am hearing across the board is 15-20% of attendance as compared to this time last year. Hope that is helpful.

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    Tracy Lawler
    President
    JGL Food Service Consultants
    Princeton NJ
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  • 3.  RE: Attendance Trends

    Posted 07-23-2020 11:27 AM
    We've been open for one week and have seen around 70 visitors per day, which is pretty typical of our past summers. Our opening day was closer to 200.

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    Emily Mohney
    Registrar
    Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
    Skokie IL
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  • 4.  RE: Attendance Trends

    Posted 07-23-2020 07:56 PM
    Edited by Cece Paredes 07-23-2020 07:57 PM
    Hi Jamie, globally we're seeing around 20% of normal in the first few days of reopening and it definitely varies depending on what type of venue you are. In outdoor venues like zoos, we see around 50% of normal visitation. There is a 5 - 15% uplift in visitation recovery in the first few weeks, so if you reopened with 20% of normal visitation, you could expect to be getting around 35% by the end of your first month of reopening. Angie, Chief Executive @ Dexibit, and I discuss the trends we're seeing in this video if you'd like to learn more.​

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    Cece Paredes
    Marketing Director, Dexibit
    Big data analytics for visitor attractions www.dexibit.com
    Auckland, New Zealand | Washington, DC
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  • 5.  RE: Attendance Trends

    Posted 07-24-2020 10:14 AM
    We are a small local museum in the Dallas, TX suburbs, and saw decent traffic when we reopened in June with modified days/hours.  Not our normal summer numbers, but more than we expected; we were between 25-30% of normal, so on track with what others are saying.  Since the week of July 4, we've seen a marked drop in attendance; this could be not just because of the holiday week, but also because of the spike in COVID numbers in our area.

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    Ani Simmons
    Arts & Culture Educator
    Frisco Heritage Museum
    Frisco TX
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  • 6.  RE: Attendance Trends

    Posted 07-24-2020 12:40 PM
    Hi Jamie,
    My museum clients, coast-to-coast, say return attendance (and/or planning for return attendance) is running about 10% of same time last year FYI if that is helpful.
    Hope this is helpful and this includes some presidential library client comments.
    Best regards.
    Art

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    Art Manask
    Principal
    Art Manask Consulting
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