Count Events Per Location

/**
This snippet will add new placeholder to display how many upcoming events
this location has.
*/
function em_location_event_count($replace, $EM_Location, $result){
  global $wp_query, $wp_rewrite;
  switch( $result ){
    case '#_LOCATIONEVENTCOUNT':
     $replace = "0";
     $events = EM_Events::get(array('location'=>$EM_Location->location_id,'scope'=>'future'));
     if ( count($events) > 0 ){
      $replace = count($events);
     }
     $replace = "There are ".$replace." events in this location";
     break;
  }
  return $replace;
}
add_filter('em_location_output_placeholder','em_location_event_count',1,3);