User:Franciebenjamin/Entertainment Districts

An entertainment district is defined as a continuous area that contains a significant number of artistic, cultural, and entertainment businesses. In order to be considered an entertainment district, the area must be between one eighth and one square mile in size (1). These areas usually have some sort of a government subsidy or functional zoning for infrastructure improvements, local government bonding, or tax increment financing. The goal of entertainment districts is to stimulate job creation, economic growth, and create spillover in adjacent urban development (2).

There are two types of entertainment districts: overnight and naturally occurring. Overnight entertainment districts typically have one controlling entity who decides which businesses can operate in these areas.