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- Our April Leisure eNewsletter is now available April 19, 2022
- Our March Leisure eNewsletter is now available March 14, 2022
- The February edition of our Leisure eNewsletter is now available  February 15, 2022
- What they fail to explain about vaccines, Delta, and masks September 13, 2021
- No, the pandemic hasn’t ended. It’s still having a significant impact on indoor family and children’s venues July 8, 2021
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Our April Leisure eNewsletter is now available
Our April Leisure eNewsletter has these interesting and informative articles: There are only five ways to grow a location-based business New hayride safety standards The pandemic’s economic divide and the impact of inflation on discretionary consumer spending Downtown Flavortown Pigeon … Continue reading
The February edition of our Leisure eNewsletter is now available 
Articles: The popularity of golf-tainment The post-pandemic future of out-of-home entertainment Leisure and sports time used by Gen X and Millennials; differences across time https://www.whitehutchinson.com/news/lenews/2022/february/
What they fail to explain about vaccines, Delta, and masks
It’s disappointing that the Federal government, especially the CDC, and the press are doing such a poor job of informing us about the factors that affect the risk of catching the new more dangerous Delta variant and what we really need to do to stay as safe as possible. Continue reading
Update on the current surge and comfort going out
Is the current surge a temporary phenomenon? Are regulars more likely to return? Continue reading
Comfort going out continues to increase, but beware of the un-masked un-vaccinated
As comfort going out increases, mask mandates are still important for entertainment and arts venues. Continue reading
Will vaccinations create a roaring rebound to attending in-person events?
What affect will vaccinations have on the return to in-person events, including dining in restaurants and attending entertainment and cultural events? Continue reading
Some bad and some good news
Here’s some bad and good new about people returning to out-of-home entertainment and arts venues Continue reading
The latest on the comfort visiting out-of-home entertainment & arts
Here’s the latest survey results on adults’ comfort visiting different out-of-home entertainment venues right now. Continue reading
Don’t miss ShowUp starting on Monday
ShowUp, a 3-day virtual conference for the location-based entertainment industry, is something you don’t want to miss out attending. Continue reading
Changes in restaurant foot traffic by state a possible indicator of changes in attendance for out-of-home entertainment and arts.
Changes in restaurant foot traffic by state a possible indicator of changes in attendance for out-of-home entertainment and arts.
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We’ve re-activated our Leisure eNewsletter today with articles on 27 trends that will reshape location-based entertainment & arts in the post-pandemic era
We’ve re-activated our Leisure eNewsletter today with articles on 27 trends that will reshape location-based entertainment & arts in the post-pandemic era. Continue reading
An update on when we might reach herd immunity and post-pan normality
Although the percentage of Americans who will need to become immune to Covid-19 to reach herd immunity may be higher than originally anticipated, a new survey on the willingness to get vaccinated indicates it still appears plausible in 2021. Continue reading
The gentrification of marriage and weddings and the popularity of farm venues
Growing trends – gentrification of marriages and farm-based weddings and receptions. Continue reading
A shift in parents’ emotional drivers and the meaning of family time
The pandemic as accelerated a trend that began several years ago – parents increasingly putting themselves first instead of their kids as their Gen X parents did.
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There’s a nesting trend underway
Location-based entertainment and cultural venues face new headwinds from the nesting trend. Continue reading
People’s comfort returning to out-of-home activities continues its decline
People’s comfort returning to out-of-home activities continues its decline Continue reading
Should location-based leisure businesses have strict mandatory face mask requirements?
This blog contains a lot of data from research and polls on the face mask requirements location-based leisure businesses should adopt to become the most successful during corona-time. Continue reading
How Covid-19 is reshaping the out-of-home leisure competitive landscape
The pandemic has reshaped the competitive out-of-home leisure competitive landscape, changing the leisure activities people will choose to do. Continue reading
What does death of the buffets mean for location-based entertainment?
What does death of the buffet mean for location-based entertainment? Continue reading
Less than 1/3rd of previous bowlers are ready to return
Due to the coronaviruses, less than 1/3rd of previous bowlers are ready to go bowling again Continue reading
What’s the future look like for movie theaters?
Both AMC and Regal, respectively the country’s largest and second-largest theater chains, are set to reopen in the coming months to the extent that different lockdown regulations permit. But they, along with all the other movie theaters in the U.S., … Continue reading
When, if ever, will location-based entertainment become profitable again?
There are a number of factors that will determine when LBEs will be profitable again including the share of the population at high risk of Covid-19. Here’s the latest data and predictions. Continue reading
The economics of operating location-based entertainment in corona-time
As stay-in-place orders are lifted, reopening LBEs will face financial challenges. Continue reading
The accelerated digitalization of place is disrupting the real estate landscape
It was first back in 2015 in our company’s Leisure eNewsletter that we wrote about the growing trend of the digitalization of place – that the internet and digital technology is making it possible to acquire things or to have experiences at-home … Continue reading
The inconvenient truth – almost all location-based entertainment business models are now obsolete
Our company prides itself in using research to identify trends and guide our clients to future-proof their location-based entertainment centers (LBEs), which includes the categories of family entertainment centers (FECs), social eatertainment venues and agritainment/agritourism farms. As they say in … Continue reading
Will no longer doing some things we used to do pre-Covid become a permanent habit?
While bunkered down at home, I’ve been taking long walks everyday whenever the weather permits. Here in Kansas City in the Spring, it’s a great time to take walks as all the greenery is emerging. Winters here are very gray. … Continue reading
A nightclub virtual experience with conspicuous leisure value
Virtual entertainment experiences are starting to take on the conspicuous leisure value of out-of-home ones. Continue reading
Predictions on the post-pandemic location-based entertainment landscape
What will the post-pandemic out-of-home entertainment competitive landscape look like? Continue reading
The impact of virtual entertainment experiences during the lockdown on the post-pandemic entertainment landscape
What might the long-term impact be on our out-of-home entertainment behavior once the corona-crisis is over? Continue reading
Free 13-part webinar on building the perfect business plan
Build A Business just started a free 13-part daily webinar on building the perfect business plan in 13 slides. Continue reading
The overexpansion of CLVs, especially FECs, is sheer folly
It’s really getting hard to understand if there is any sanity left in the out-of-home (OOH) community leisure venue (CLV) industry, especially for developers of the classic formula family entertainment centers (FECs). We’re seeing daily announcements of all types of … Continue reading
Are you appealing to the Conscientious Consumer? Budweiser does.
Offering the coolest bowling or entertainment and/or the tastiest, trendiest burger or flatbread no longer cuts it. Continue reading
The craziness of X, Y and Z stereotyping
It time to stop continually stereotyping generations (GenX, GenY, GenZ and Baby Boomers) as if everyone in them is the same. . . . Continue reading
First mover gets better by default
Back in November, in my blog, First mover doesn’t succeed unless its also best mover, I compared two first mover community-leisure center (CLV) chains that are rolling out centers across the country, Main Event Entertainment with its new model, and … Continue reading
Decrease in licensed drivers; its implications
A just released study by The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute shows that there has been a continuous decrease in the number of people with a driver’s license across all age groups over the past three decades. The younger … Continue reading
Digital video & media increasingly consuming our leisure time
Here’s some of the latest data on the disruptive growth of digital video viewing and changes to the use of other types media. Continue reading
More Proof that High Fidelity is the Winning Formula
Despite a shrinking market for entertainment on trips and vacations, The Magic Kingdom . . . raised their admission price 44% faster than inflation. . . In today’s increasingly competitive entertainment marketplace, High Fidelity plays an important role in the formula for success. Continue reading
The Tchotchke Index Tracks Location-Based Entertainment Spending
American’s spending on tchotchkes—trinkets, junk, yard sale finds, gift shop items, home decor trinkets and other decorative items for the home—is an excellent measure of their impulse spending . . . Continue reading
