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Although August visitor counts are only a bit above average, there are 2 very large conventions and the start of the 3 day Labor Day Weekend. If you like crowds, then you should time your visit to hit one of these events and if you want lower room rates and less crowds you should try to avoid them. We think we are the only website that estimates event and convention attendance including smaller conventions which can bunch up and add up to decent numbers. Please see the graph at the bottom.

We have increased our estimates for attendance given some aggressive deals that the hotels are luring customers with that include room rate cuts and freebies. The price of gasoline may have a plateau and there have been no very recent announcements of airline cutbacks. Although we think the 3 day holidays are probably going to be down from last year, there are no major disasters for Vegas visitor counts.

August is unusually low in major sporting events such as UFC and boxing which can also fatten up the daily visitor numbers. Also, although the Star Trek convention will beam down again to Las Vegas, the Star Trek exhibit at the Hilton is on its last mission so if you would like to do both at the same time, now is your last chance.

You should always try to get comped tickets if you gamble or pay regular box office prices. However, if you don't mind paying a premium for very good seats, TicketsNow which usually has one of the largest inventories. Their website can be a bit difficult to use. Just choose Las Vegas and then search for an event you would like to see. Don't go to this site if you are strictly a discount ticket buyer, however.

	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	3,048,045	3,175,528	3,156,419	3,138,312
February	2,950,007	2,977,418	3,015,850	3,107,997
March	3,396,600	3,408,421	3,456,738	3,423,765
April	3,290,313	3,301,734	3,314,448	3,265,251
May	3,370,380	3,341,156	3,380,791	.
June	3,222,784	3,157,228	3,282,315	.
July	3,388,437	3,369,877	3,378,193	.
August	3,252,148	3,341,005	3,353,997	.
September	3,173,326	3,278,884	3,268,125	.
October	3,303,177	3,384,978	3,384,546	.
November	3,097,701	3,124,369	3,129,508	.
December	3,073,799	3,054,291	3,075,831	.
TOTAL	38,566,717	38,914,889	39,196,761	.

	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	98,324	102,436	101,820	101,236
February	105,357	106,336	107,709	107,172
March	109,568	109,949	111,508	110,444
April	109,677	110,058	110,482	108,842
May	108,722	107,779	109,058	.
June	107,426	105,241	109,411	.
July	109,304	108,706	108,974	.
August	104,908	107,774	108,193	.
September	105,778	109,296	108,938	.
October	106,554	109,193	109,179	.
November	103,257	104,146	104,317	.
December	99,155	98,526	99,220	.
TOTAL	105,662.2	106,616.1	107,388.4	.

Below are the overlapped numbers for attendance and a graph that shows what the convention and event attendance looks like combined. This will give you a more accurate read on how crowded Vegas is than just listing large events.

Event	Location	Start	End	Attendance
Rollercon	Imperial Palace	7/30	8/3	1,500
National Black Nurses Assn	Mandalay Bay	8/1	8/11	1,500
Probation and Parole	Rio	8/3	8/6	2,000
Calif. School	Convention Center	8/4	8/7	2,000
Star Trek	Hilton	8/6	8/10	3,800
Disabled American Vets	Bally's	8/9	8/12	4,000
2008 IAFF Biennial	Rio	8/10	8/15	4,000
ASD/AMD	Convention Center	8/10	8/13	64,000
TNC New Media	Convention Center	8/14	8/16	3,000
Amer. Poolplayers	Riviera	8/15	8/23	13,000
2008 Biennial Clerk Division	Bally's	8/18	8/22	4,600
Off-Price Specialist Center	Sands	8/22	8/26	12,500
Curvexpo Inc	Venetian	8/25	8/27	2,200
General Motors	Venetian	8/25	9/6	4,200
Magic International	Convention Center	8/25	8/27	120,000
Consumer Attorneys LA	Venetian	8/28	8/31	2,000
Labor Day Weekend	.	8/29	9/1	270,000