HARRISBURG, Pa. — Looking for an epic night out?
According to one recent survey, central Pennsylvania residents don't have to drive too far to find a great party.
A recent study by Bet MGM Bonus Finder determined that Harrisburg is one of the top party cities in the United States.
Pennsylvania's capitol city checks in a No. 18 on the Bonus Finder survey of the 101 Best Party Cities in the U.S.
To come up with its list, Bonus Finder analyzed over 100 cities across the country in the following factors:
- Music events
- Bars
- Nightclubs
- Late-night food venues
- Hotels
- Casinos
- Strip clubs
- Average price of a drink
- Average price of a hotel room
- Average taxi cost from airport to city center
- Last call at bars
The number of bars, hotels, nightclubs, casinos, strip clubs and late night food venues were calculated per 10,000 people. Each city has a normalized score out of 10 on each of the factors, before taking an average total normalized score across each of these scores to reach the final overall score out of 10.
Harrisburg earned high marks in average price of a drink (8.78), average price of a hotel room (9.54) and average cost of a taxi from the airport to the city center (8.81). Its overall average came in at 7.81.
That's better than the two other Pennsylvania cities surveyed—Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. They came in at No. 65 and No. 86, respectively.
The nation's No. 1 party city, according to Bonus Finder, is Miami Beach, Florida, which scored a perfect 10.0 rating.
Atlantic City, Hoboken, Sarasota and Miami finished in Bonus Finder's top five, with Las Vegas, Baton Rouge, Jersey City, Key West and Reno rounding out the top ten.
