Venue by Region and Local Venues

tracks_controller.php

<?php
    /**
     * Returns the ID of all Venues in a given Region (full region)
     */
    public function getVenueByRegion( $region=null ){
        $args = array(
            'post_type' => 'tracks',
            'posts_per_page' => -1,
            'post_status' => 'published',
            'meta_query' => array(
                array(
                    'key' => 'tracks_state',
                    'value' => $region,
                    'compare' => '='
                    )
                )
            );
        $query = new WP_Query( $args );
        return $query->posts;
    }


    /**
     * Determine local venues based on current location.
     *
     * @return Full query_posts for local venues.
     */
    public function getLocalVenues(){
        $location = bmx_rs_get_user_location();
        return $this->getVenueByRegion( $location['region_full'] );
    }
?>