Halloween Spending Across America

TRICK OR TREAT A Peek-A-Boo at HALLOWEEN Top 4 Best Cities For Celebrating Halloween Haunted Visits SALEM. MA The Witch House/Corwin House "NITCH CITY" Peabody Essex Museum Salem Witch Trials Memorial Count Orlok's Nightmare Gallery Notable Festivals The Festival of the Dead 6 CHOST TOURS 6 HAUNTED PLACES Annual Psychic Fair and Witchcraft Expo Vampire Masquerade Ball Salem Witches' Halloween Ball at Hawthorne Hotel 8 CEMETERIES 30+ HAUNTED ATTRACTIONS 00 NYC Haunted Visits "THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS" The Trinity Church Cemetery The House of Death The Dakota The Morris-Jumel Mansion Notable Festtvals village Halloween Parade Thompkins Square Dog Parade Halloween Harvest Festival 10 CHOST TOURS 21 HAUNTED PLACES 55 CEMETERIES 1 HAUNTED ATTRACTIONS Notable Festivals NEW ORLEANS Voodoo Music and Arts Festival "THE MOST HAUNTED CITY IN AMERICA" Descent Party Haunted Visits Lalaurie Mansion Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre The Myrtles Plantation Beauregard-Keyes House Le Pavillon Hotel 20 CHOST TOURS 100+ HAUNTED PLACES 42 CEMETERIES 2 HAUNTED ATTRACTIONS LOS ANCELES, CALIFORNIA "CITY OF ANCELS" Notable Festivals Haunted Visits West Hollywood Carnaval Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Vogue Theater Griffith Park Universal Studios 8 CHOST TOURS 54 HAUNTED PLACES 42 CEMETERIES 23 HAUNTED ATTRACTIONS The Top 10 Most/Least Expensive Cities for Halloween Parties (average price per tickety Hawa 10 MOST EXPENSIVE 1. Palm Springs, CA - $331.55 2. Spring, TX - $197.32 3. Chantilly, VA - $117.13 LEAST EXPENSIVE 1. Boulder, CO - $4.31 2. Pleasantville, NY - $4.94 4. Evanston, IL - $114.49 5. Campbell, CA -$108.67 6. Miami Beach, FL-$100.31 7. East Hanover, NJ - $95.92 8. Lake Charles, LA-$80.00 9. Gamer, NC-$79.80 10. Culver City, CA - $68.09 3. Sturgeon Bay, WI - $5.00 4. Mt Joy, PA - $5.00 5. Honolulu, HI -$5.09 6. Goleta, CA - $5.78 7. Jackson, NJ - $5.86 8. Staunton, VA - $6.10 9. Flagstaff, AZ - $6.22 10. Hanna City, IL-$6.57 Top in Costumes 2014 Adults 8.9% Witch Children 7.4% Princess Pets 10.8% Pumpkin 6.7% Hotdog 4.8% Animal 6.4% Animal 3.6% Batman 5.6% Spiderman 5.3% Devil 3.4% Pirate 5.6% "Frozen" Character 4.0% Bumblebee 3.3% Zombie 4.6% Action/Superhero 3.4% Cat The Haunted House Industry is Frightful Did you know? OVER 80% OF HAUNTED ATTRACTIONS ARE OPERATED BY A CHARITY. Average cost of a ticket Ticket sales every year Average attendance $15.00 $300-$500 MILLION 8.000 The Scariest Haunted Houses in the U.S. Pennhurst Asylum Spring City, Pennsylvania The 13th Gate House of Torment Austin, TX Netherworld The Darkness Atlanta, Georgia photos via: midnightproduction.com fearworld.com | houseoftorment.com | scarefest.com Baton Rouge, Louisiana St. Louis, Missouri Halloween is the 2nd largest commercial holiday in the U.S. Planned Halloween Spending (Sep 2015) COSTUMES CANDY DECORATIONS GREETING CARDS $2.5 BILLION $2.1 BILLION $1.9 BILLION MILLION $330 Estimated total $6.9 BILLION Average customer spending on Halloween goods: E$74.34 spending on Halloween products in 2015: Thanks to Halloween, the candy industry rakes in an average of: $2 BILLION ANNUALLY THAT'S 90 MILLION POUNDS OF CHOCOLATE! Sources hauntworld.com hauntedplaces.org Presented by: selfstorage.com americahaunts.com/ah/facts halloween-nyc.com/press.php nrf.com/resources/halloween-headquarters nerdwallet.com/blog/cities/lifestyle/best-cities-halloween-parties golosangeles.about.com/od/losangelestours/tp/Ghost-Tours-In-LAhtm N NOWSOURCING businessinsider.com/13-facts-you-never-knew-about-halloween-2013-10 nrf.com/media/press-releases/record-number-of-americans-buy-halloween-costumes tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g60763-Activities-c42-1226-New_York City_New_Yorkhtml fodors.com/news/photos/10-best-halloween-celebrations-in-the-ustls-festival-of-the-dead roadtrippers.com/stories/new-yorks-top-5-ghost-tours-will-take-you-on-a-spooky-and-historical-adventure