Photo of sociopolitical comedian W. Kamau Bell delivering a presentation to a packed audience at the UNLV Performing Arts Center for the Barrick Lecture Series.
The Nevada Arts Council partnered with Americans for the Arts for a nationwide study of the arts and culture sector via the Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6) study. The data was collected from Summer 2022 to May 2023 to better understand the economic impact of the nonprofit arts and culture industry with two primary data collection efforts:
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An audience-intercept survey of attendees to arts and culture events that take place in the community
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A budget and attendance survey of the nonprofit culture organizations in the community
Some of you may remember that, with the support of Eat More Art Las Vegas, we offered the chance for our patrons to take these surveys at many of our events during that timeframe. Below are the statistics for Nevada as a whole, Las Vegas specifically, and then the nationwide numbers. As you can see, the arts are a large part of the economy.
STATE OF NEVADA ARTS & CULTURE NONPROFIT SECTOR SNAPSHOT
GENERATED $662.5 MILLION in economic activity
SUPPORTED 9,640 JOBS
GENERATED $412.8 MILLION EVENT-RELATED EXPENDITURES by their audiences
CITY OF LAS VEGAS ARTS & CULTURE NONPROFIT SECTOR SNAPSHOT
GENERATED $294.4 MILLION in economic activity
SUPPORTED 4,111 JOBS
GENERATED $192.7 MILLION IN EVENT-RELATED EXPENDITURES by their audiences
Full Data Report for Las Vegas
CLARK COUNTY ARTS & CULTURE NONPROFIT SECTOR SNAPSHOT
GENERATED $509.5 MILLION in economic activity
SUPPORTED 7,021 JOBS
GENERATED $353.7 MILLION IN EVENT-RELATED EXPENDITURES by their audiences
Full Data report for Clark County
NATIONAL ARTS & CULTURE NONPROFIT SECTOR SNAPSHOT
GENERATED $151.7 BILLION in economic activity
SUPPORTED 2.6 MILLION JOBS
GENERATED $78.4 BILLION IN EVENT-RELATED EXPENDITURES by their audiences