Attendance

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World's Championship Bar-B-Que Contest

Day	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
Thurs Eve	*35,934	34,223	33,568	30,432	28,425	21,113
Fri Eve	68,198	*76,889	70,121	66,850	50,929	61,735
Sat Eve	*117,097	106,528	105,624	93,642	67,481	57,188
TOTAL	*221,229	217,640	209,313	190,913	146,285	140,036

(*) denotes attendance record

General Grounds Attendance

Day	2010	2009	Day	2008	Day	2007
Tue Eve	52,454	65,486	Mon Eve	58,303	Tue Eve	85,632
Wed Eve	57,447	64,331	Tue Eve	54,263	Wed Eve	45,240
Thu Eve	73,680	57,582	Wed Eve	49,136	Thu Eve	60,094
Fri Eve	93,345	64,886	Thu Eve	50,661	Fri Eve	55,077
Sat Eve	131,646	105,671	Fri Eve	61,988	Sat Eve	103,749
Sun Twi	103,354	112,390	Sat Eve	93,292	Sun Twi	113,186
Mon Eve	63,801	47,343	Sun Twi	106,542	Mon Eve	50,667
Tue Eve	60,766	69,391	Mon Eve	52,436	Tue Eve	54,922
Wed Eve	94,416	74,838	Tue Eve	93,861	Wed Eve	66,414
Thu Eve	83,880	75,291	Wed Eve	61,947	Thu Eve	73,681
Fri Eve		59,111	Thu Eve	72,066	Fri Eve	84,800
Sat Eve		69,263	Fri Eve	80,806	Sat Eve	108,179
Sun Twi		88,752	Sat Eve	130,512	Sun Twi	103,485
Mon Eve		63,096	Sun Twi	110,482	Mon Eve	61,894
Tue Eve		88,646	Mon Eve	64,382	Tue Eve	75,427
Wed Eve		103,801	Tue Eve	55,563	Wed Eve	63,594
Thu Eve		90,851	Wed Eve	108,884	Thu Eve	109,460
Fri Eve		**135,548	Thu Eve	90,042	Fri Eve	90,218
Sat Eve		132,249	Fri Eve	97,424	Sat Eve	115,277
Sun Twi		104,166	Sat Eve	100,255	Sun Twi	94,220
TOTAL		*1,890,332		1,802,158		1,806,129

** Attendance record for single night general show attendance (since 2003)
*Attendance record for overall general show attendance.
General attendance totals include World's Championship Bar-B-Que Contest attendance.

Paid Rodeo Attendance

Day	2010	2009	Day	2008	Day	2007
Tue Eve	49,474	59,401	Mon Eve	57,608	Tue Eve	70,317
Wed Eve	49,339	54,943	Tue Eve	53,923	Wed Eve	42,620
Thu Eve	60,374	48,224	Wed Eve	47,865	Thu Eve	51,040
Fri Eve	72,150	49,471	Thu Eve	55,670	Fri Eve	45,023
Sat Eve	70,503	60,000	Fri Eve	53,766	Sat Eve	61,230
Sun Twi	72,013	72,475	Sat Eve	60,067	Sun Twi	73,291
Mon Eve	54,705	44,758	Sun Twi	73,459	Mon Eve	47,048
Tue Eve	46,355	53,312	Mon Eve	55,707	Tue Eve	45,815
Wed Eve	71,057	55,972	Tue Eve	72,051	Wed Eve	49,383
Thu Eve	59,496	62,291	Wed Eve	48,069	Thu Eve	53,574
Fri Eve		50,641	Thu Eve	59,413	Fri Eve	57,010
Sat Eve		58,179	Fri Eve	57,245	Sat Eve	58,467
Sun Twi		74,147	Sat Eve	73,003	Sun Twi	69,641
Mon Eve		49,411	Sun Twi	71,164	Mon Eve	51,298
Tue Eve		61,613	Mon Eve	48,566	Tue Eve	61,396
Wed Eve		62,836	Tue Eve	57,053	Wed Eve	70,539
Thu Eve		55,336	Wed Eve	72,777	Thu Eve	72,057
Fri Eve		72,658	Thu Eve	59,075	Fri Eve	55,114
Sat Eve		72,412	Fri Eve	58,164	Sat Eve	71,559
Sun Twi		64,048	Sat Eve	71,906	Sun Twi	70,014
TOTAL		1,182,128		1,206,551		1,176,436

* The all-time paid Rodeo attendance record is 1,215,913, set in 2003.

Top 20 Paid Attendance Records Individual Performances

	Date, Performance	Attendance Performer(s)
1	March 15, 2009 Sun. Evening - Go Tejano Day	74,147 Ramon Ayala and Alacranes Musical
2	March 9, 2008 Sun. Evening	73,459 Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus
3	March 4, 2007 Sun. Evening	73,291 Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana / Cheetah Girls
4	March 15, 2008 Sat. Evening	73,003 Brad Paisley
5	March 18, 2006 Sat. Evening	72,867 Brooks & Dunn
6	March 6, 2005 Sun. Evening	72,843 Hilary Duff
7	March 19, 2008 Wed. Evening	72,777 Fergie
8	March 20, 2009 Fri. Evening	72,658 Taylor Swift
9	March 8, 2009 Sun. Evening	72,475 Jonas Brothers
10	March 21, 2009 Sat. Evening	72,412 Brooks & Dunn
11	March 5, 2010 Fri. Evening - Black Heritage Day	72,151 Mary J. Blige
12	March 4, 2005 Fri. Evening - Black Heritage Day	72,063 Alicia Keys
13	March 15, 2007 Thu. Evening	72,057 Beyonce
14	March 11, 2008 Tue. Evening	72,051 Rascal Flatts
15	March 7, 2010 Sun. Evening	72,013 Jonas Brothers With Special Guest Demi Lovato
16	March 22, 2008 Sat. Evening	71,906 Brooks & Dunn
17	March 17, 2007 Sat. Evening	71,559 Brooks & Dunn
18	March 16, 2008 Sun. Evening - Go Tejano Day	71,164 Duelo and Los Horoscopos de Durango
19	March 10, 2010 Wed. Evening	71,057 Rascal Flatts
20	March 17, 2004 Wed. Evening	70,668 Kenny Chesney

Attendance History by Year

Year	General Grounds	Paid Rodeo Attendance
1982	1,095,155	646,735
1983	1,095,730	597,783
1984	1,014,550	592,403
1985	1,070,276	537,802
1986	1,120,796	547,763
1987	1,107,822	564,911
1988	1,194,179	640,117
1989	1,242,288	717,541
1990	1,323,865	784,483
1991	1,366,598	827,037
1992	1,501,818	928,304
1993	1,568,266	973,318
1994	1,616,113	985,871
1995	1,810,007	1,068,447
1996	1,830,265	1,061,344
1997	1,788,437	1,013,100
1998	1,769,359	923,313
1999	1,853,650	#1,101,507
2000	1,889,861	#1,101,478
2001	1,382,183	#1,031,570
2002	1,563,662	#1,091,955
2003	1,745,351	*#1,215,913
2004	1,890,174	#1,126,092
2005	1,740,095	1,127,239
2006	1,688,103	1,115,558
2007	1,806,129	1,176,436
2008	1,802,158	1,206,551
2009	*1,890,332	1,182,128

(*) denotes all-time attendance record
(#) denotes paid attendance figures beginning in 1999 (actual turnstile figures were reported through 1998).