We at the Consumer Choice Center want to ensure that consumers have the best possible experience if they decide to go on a night out. Readers must know where they can find affordable yet top-quality services, enjoy a flexible schedule accommodating the diverse needs of different people, and travel safely to and from a venue. At the same time, companies, local authorities, and states should understand how to cultivate a good nightlife environment for customers.
To this end, we created a new index examining how thirty cities worldwide manage their nightlife scenes. It compares each destination using similar fixtures of urban entertainment regulation – mandated opening hours for nightclubs, restaurants, and bars in each locale, the “last calls” for nightclubs and bars, the average prices for an imperial pint of beer and a standard Big Mac, and the availability of night-time public transport or sharing economy services.
We note the presence and content of these rules before analyzing their impact on consumer welfare and contrasting them with equivalent regulations elsewhere.
Checkout the 2023 NIGHTLIFE Index