Houston Livestock Show And Rodeo™ - RODEOHOUSTON™ Show Attendance History and Records

Show Attendance

Worlds Championship Bar-B-Que Contest

(*) denotes attendance record

General Grounds Attendance

For the 2008 Show the opening day was on a Monday, and it closes on a Saturday.

Day	2008	.	Day	2007	2006	2005	2004
Mon Eve	58,303		Tue Eve	85,632	85,895	55,080	68,217
Tue Eve	54,263		Wed Eve	45,240	40,103	60,820	99,028
Wed Eve	49,136		Thu Eve	60,094	46,748	53,399	46,096
Thu Eve	50,661		Fri Eve	55,077	73,119	96,814	85,134
Fri Eve	61,988		Sat Eve	103,749	94,684	107,155	112,002
Sat Eve	93,292		Sun Twi	113,186	83,347	99,579	87,609
Sun Twi	106,542		Mon Eve	50,667	56,289	64,288	55,511
Mon Eve	52,436		Tue Eve	54,922	53,034	68,684	77,657
Tue Eve	93,861		Wed Eve	66,414	78,151	94,639	64,352
Wed Eve	61,947		Thu Eve	73,681	79,237	88,095	80,083
Thu Eve	72,066		Fri Eve	84,800	98,213	100,897	70,644
Fri Eve	80,806		Sat Eve	108,179	95,111	118,759	92,534
Sat Eve	130,512		Sun Twi	103,485	104,488	106,464	75,816
Sun Twi	110,482		Mon Eve	61,894	55,466	51,847	70,379
Mon Eve	64,382		Tue Eve	75,427	71,446	55,598	80,867
Tue Eve	55,563		Wed Eve	63,594	78,423	72,285	116,672
Wed Eve	108,884		Thu Eve	109,460	95,236	60,889	114,316
Thu Eve	90,042		Fri Eve	90,218	80,426	69,207	101,639
Fri Eve	97,424		Sat Eve	115,277	101,297	92,752	110,082
Sat Eve	100,255		Sun Twi	94,220	70,565	82,808	98,197
TOTAL	1,802,158			1,806,129	1,688,103	1,740,095	*1,890,174
* All-time record General attendance totals include World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest attendance.

Paid Rodeo Attendance

Day	2008	Day	2007	2006	2005	2004
Mon Eve	57,608	Tue Eve	70,317	69,644	47,276	51,283
Tue Eve	53,923	Wed Eve	42,620	40,025	50,055	68,711
Wed Eve	47,865	Thu Eve	51,040	44,405	43,646	40,799
Thu Eve	55,670	Fri Eve	45,023	62,138	72,065	56,043
Fri Eve	53,766	Sat Eve	61,230	57,708	61,573	57,697
Sat Eve	60,067	Sun Twi	73,291	55,163	72,843	53,570
Sun Twi	73,459	Mon Eve	47,048	45,862	51,600	47,388
Mon Eve	55,707	Tue Eve	45,815	42,310	47,187	57,762
Tue Eve	72,051	Wed Eve	49,383	61,130	69,292	43,946
Wed Eve	48,069	Thu Eve	53,574	51,688	56,885	52,241
Thu Eve	59,413	Fri Eve	57,010	59,126	62,498	45,561
Fri Eve	57,245	Sat Eve	58,467	51,881	62,588	55,074
Sat Eve	73,003	Sun Twi	69,641	70,481	67,214	61,474
Sun Twi	71,164	Mon Eve	51,298	45,615	42,685	45,567
Mon Eve	48,566	Tue Eve	61,396	53,807	46,535	56,055
Tue Eve	57,053	Wed Eve	70,539	57,951	61,581	70,668
Wed Eve	72,777	Thu Eve	72,057	69,716	42,817	69,008
Thu Eve	59,075	Fri Eve	55,114	50,954	53,803	63,468
Fri Eve	58,164	Sat Eve	71,559	72,867	59,073	69,813
Sat Eve	71,906	Sun Twi	70,014	53,087	56,023	59,964
TOTAL	1,206,551		1,176,436	1,115,558	1,127,239	1,126,086
* The all-time paid Rodeo attendance record is 1,215,913, set in 2003.

Top 20 Paid Attendance Records
Individual Performances

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Date, Performance	Attendance Performer(s)
March 9, 2008 Sun. Evening	73,459 Hannah Montana and Miled Cyrus
March 4, 2007 Sun. Evening	73,291 Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana / Cheetah Girls
March 15, 2008 Sat. Evening	73,003 Brad Paisley
March 18, 2006 Sat. Evening	72,867 Brooks & Dunn
March 6, 2005 Sun. Evening	72,843 Hilary Duff
March 19, 2008 Wed. Evening	72,777 Fergie
March 4, 2005 Fri. Evening - Black Heritage Day	72,063 Alicia Keys
March 15, 2007 Thu. Evening	72,057 Beyoncé
March 11, 2008 Tue. Evening	72,051 Rascal Flatts
March 22, 2008 Sat. Evening	71,906 Brooks & Dunn
March 17, 2007 Sat. Evening	71,559 Brooks & Dunn
March 16, 2008 Sun. Evening - Go Tejano Day	71,164 Duelo and Los Horoscopos de Durango
March 17, 2004 Wed. Evening	70,668 Kenny Chesney
March 14, 2007 Wed. Evening	70,539 Clay Walker, Joe Nichols and Jack Ingram
March 12, 2006 Sun. Evening - Go Tejano Day	70,481 Ramon Ayala, Jay Perez
March 9, 2003 Sun. Evening - Go Tejano Day	70,405 Intocable and Los Tres Amigos featuring Little Joe, Roberto Pulido and Ruben Ramos with special guests Johnny and Rocky Hernandez
Feb. 27, 2007 Tue. Evening	70,317 George Strait
March 18, 2007 Sun. Evening	70,014 ZZ Top
March 20, 2004 Sat. Evening	69,813 Brooks & Dunn
March 16 , 2006 Thurs. Evening	69,716 Hilary Duff

Attendance History by Year

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