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EVENTS ATTENDED

Seattle is in love with sports and entertainment

Places Visited Past 12 Months
Percentage of Seattle-Bellevue-Everett MD adults attending in the past year.

  Total MD Adults Total %
Seattle/Bellevue/Everett MD 1,966,800 100%
SPORTING EVENTS    
Professional sports event 988,800 50%
Seattle Mariners baseball game 667,200 34%
College or high school football game 367,600 19%
Seattle Seahawks football game 266,600 14%
Seattle SuperSonics basketball game 124,300 6%
Emerald Downs 110,900 6%
Everett Silvertips hockey game 77,600 4%
Seattle Storm basketball game 55,500 3%
OTHER EVENTS    
Museum (net) 572,900 29%
Live theater 536,200 27%
Casino (net) 437,900 22%
Symphony concert, opera, ballet, etc. 388,700 20%
Other musical concert (jazz, big band, etc.) 343,200 17%
Rock concert 317,100 16%
Golf or ski resort 302,600 15%
Other nightclub 216,900 11%
Trade show 162,600 8%
Experience Music Project 143,400 7%
Country music concert 136,800 7%
Comedy club 130,100 7%
R&B/rap/hip-hop concert 41,300 2%
Job fair/recruitment fair 41,000 2%

How to read: Of the 1,966,800 adults in the Seattle-Bellevue-Everett MD, 988,800 (50%) attended a professional sports event in the past year.
Note: Seattle-Bellevue-Everett MD (Seattle metro) refers to the Metropolitan Division, which includes King and Snohomish counties.
Base: Seattle/Bellevue/Everett MD (1,966,800 adults) Source: 2008 Scarborough Report, Release 1