public function __construct() {
		parent::__construct();

		/**
		 * Depending on the setting used to present event on the site the timezone used to normalize
		 * events and the keys used to sort them will be different.
		 * This initial setting can be reverted on a per-instance base using the `use_utc` method.
		 *
		 * @see Tribe__Events__Repositories__Event::use_utc()
		 */
		if ( Timezones::is_mode( 'site' ) ) {
			$this->normal_timezone = new DateTimeZone( 'UTC' );
			$this->start_meta_key = '_EventStartDateUTC';
			$this->end_meta_key = '_EventEndDateUTC';
		} else {
			$this->normal_timezone = Timezones::build_timezone_object();
			$this->start_meta_key = '_EventStartDate';
			$this->end_meta_key = '_EventEndDate';
		}

		$this->create_args['post_type'] = Tribe__Events__Main::POSTTYPE;
		$this->taxonomies               = array(
			Tribe__Events__Main::TAXONOMY,
			'post_tag',
		);

		// Add event specific aliases.
		$this->update_fields_aliases = array_merge( $this->update_fields_aliases, array(
			'start_date'         => '_EventStartDate',
			'end_date'           => '_EventEndDate',
			'start_date_utc'     => '_EventStartDateUTC',
			'end_date_utc'       => '_EventEndDateUTC',
			'duration'           => '_EventDuration',
			'all_day'            => '_EventAllDay',
			'timezone'           => '_EventTimezone',
			'venue'              => '_EventVenueID',
			'organizer'          => '_EventOrganizerID',
			'category'           => Tribe__Events__Main::TAXONOMY,
			'cost'               => '_EventCost',
			'currency_symbol'    => '_EventCurrencySymbol',
			'currency_position'  => '_EventCurrencyPosition',
			'show_map'           => '_EventShowMap',
			'show_map_link'      => '_EventShowMapLink',
			'url'                => '_EventURL',
			'hide_from_upcoming' => '_EventHideFromUpcoming',
			// Where is "sticky"? It's handled in the meta filtering by setting `menu_order`.
			'featured'           => '_tribe_featured',
		) );

		$this->default_args = array(
			'post_type'                    => Tribe__Events__Main::POSTTYPE,
			'order'                        => 'ASC',
			'order_by'                     => 'event_date',
			// We'll be handling the dates, let's mark the query as a non-filtered one.
			'tribe_suppress_query_filters' => true,
		);

		$this->schema = array_merge(
			$this->schema,
			[
				'starts_before'           => [ $this, 'filter_by_starts_before' ],
				'starts_after'            => [ $this, 'filter_by_starts_after' ],
				'starts_on_or_after'      => [ $this, 'filter_by_starts_on_or_after' ],
				'starts_between'          => [ $this, 'filter_by_starts_between' ],
				'ends_before'             => [ $this, 'filter_by_ends_before' ],
				'ends_on_or_before'       => [ $this, 'filter_by_ends_on_or_before' ],
				'ends_after'              => [ $this, 'filter_by_ends_after' ],
				'ends_between'            => [ $this, 'filter_by_ends_between' ],
				'date_overlaps'           => [ $this, 'filter_by_date_overlaps' ],
				'starts_and_ends_between' => [ $this, 'filter_by_starts_and_ends_between' ],
				'runs_between'            => [ $this, 'filter_by_runs_between' ],
				'all_day'                 => [ $this, 'filter_by_all_day' ],
				'multiday'                => [ $this, 'filter_by_multiday' ],
				'on_calendar_grid'        => [ $this, 'filter_by_on_calendar_grid' ],
				'timezone'                => [ $this, 'filter_by_timezone' ],
				'featured'                => [ $this, 'filter_by_featured' ],
				'hidden'                  => [ $this, 'filter_by_hidden' ],
				'linked_post'             => [ $this, 'filter_by_linked_post' ],
				'organizer'               => [ $this, 'filter_by_organizer' ],
				'sticky'                  => [ $this, 'filter_by_sticky' ],
				'venue'                   => [ $this, 'filter_by_venue' ],
				'cost_currency_symbol'    => [ $this, 'filter_by_cost_currency_symbol' ],
				'cost'                    => [ $this, 'filter_by_cost' ],
				'cost_between'            => [ $this, 'filter_by_cost_between' ],
				'cost_less_than'          => [ $this, 'filter_by_cost_less_than' ],
				'cost_greater_than'       => [ $this, 'filter_by_cost_greater_than' ],
				'on_date'                 => [ $this, 'filter_by_on_date' ],
			]
		);

		// Add backcompat aliases.
		$this->schema['hide_upcoming'] = [ $this, 'filter_by_hidden' ];
		$this->schema['start_date']    = [ $this, 'filter_by_starts_on_or_after' ];
		$this->schema['end_date']      = [ $this, 'filter_by_ends_on_or_before' ];

		$this->add_simple_meta_schema_entry( 'website', '_EventURL' );

		$this->add_simple_tax_schema_entry( 'event_category', Tribe__Events__Main::TAXONOMY );
		$this->add_simple_tax_schema_entry( 'event_category_not_in', Tribe__Events__Main::TAXONOMY, 'term_not_in' );
		$this->add_simple_tax_schema_entry( 'tag', 'post_tag' );
		$this->add_simple_tax_schema_entry( 'tag_not_in', 'post_tag', 'term_not_in' );
	}