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 , 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
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
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