How to Promote Music City Scale: A PSA Framework Based on Network, Scene and Atmosphere Theory Construction

Building a music city has become the vision of a few governments. Previous studies have argued that people, venues, and economic scale represent the strength of a music city, failing to see the correlation between the three and neglecting the economic impact of participant networks and experiential atmospheres. This study constructed a PSA assessment framework based on the theory of social network, scene, and atmosphere. It used a panel data regression model to explore the impact of the performing arts network, scene, and atmosphere on the performing arts industry. The results show that performing arts practitioners, performing arts enterprises, conservatories, professional spaces, seating capacity, performance events, and number of audience participation have a facilitating effect on the performing arts economy. In contrast, performance associations and entertainment spaces have a negative effect. Further research found that entertainment space had a negative effect on the performing arts economy because the statistics department did not include entertainment space revenues in the performing arts economy. By analyzing 7 years of data from 31 provinces in China, the study aims to provide Chinese experience and evidence for the study of music cities, with a view to providing reference suggestions for the construction of music cities worldwide.