Event-to-spectator correlation tool

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium whose stored contents configure a computing system to perform a method, the method comprising:

• electronically receiving information at a computing device, the information representing a primary event of interest, wherein the computing device is communicatively coupled to the computing system;
• identifying with the computing device a plurality of geographic regions having access to the primary event of interest;
• determining a total possible audience for a gathering directed toward the primary event of interest in each of the plurality of geographic regions;
• generating at least one regional event weighting factor for each region of the plurality of geographic regions, each regional event weighting factor associated with at least one geographic region having access to the primary event of interest;
• generating a global event weighting factor, the global event weighting factor associated with the primary event of interest;
• and
• predicting a plurality of expected attendance estimates, each of the plurality of expected attendance estimates being an expected attendance estimate for the gathering at a venue located within a respective geographic region, wherein each predicted expected attendance estimate is generated by mathematically combining an associated regional event weighting factor and the global event weighting factor with the associated total possible audience.

An event-to-spectator correlation tool, comprising:

• a multiprocessor computing system, the multiprocessor computing system having a first processor and a second processor;
• at least one memory coupled to the multiprocessor computing system, the at least one memory arranged to store computer instructions executable by the first and second processors of the multiprocessor computing system, wherein the computer instructions are arranged to direct the multiprocessor computing system to:
• identify a gathering to view an event at a venue;
• determine a total possible attendance at the gathering;
• determine a regional popularity of the event;
• determine a global popularity of the event;
• and
• predict an expected attendance at the venue by cooperatively attenuating the total possible attendance based on a combination of the regional popularity of the event and the global popularity of the event.