Attendance

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World's Championship Bar-B-Que Contest

Day	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
Thurs Eve	*36,800	35,934	34,223	33,568	30,432
Fri Eve	*83,711	68,198	76,889	70,121	66,850
Sat Eve	*123,673	117,097	106,528	105,624	93,642
TOTAL	*244,184	221,229	217,640	209,313	190,913

(*) denotes attendance record

Total Attendance

Day	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
Mon Eve	NA	NA	NA	58,303	NA
Tue Eve	55,514	52,454	65,486	54,263	85,632
Wed Eve	56,294	57,447	64,331	49,136	45,240
Thu Eve	70,384	73,680	57,582	50,661	60,094
Fri Eve	95,241	93,345	64,886	61,988	55,077
Sat Eve	91,424	131,646	105,671	93,292	103,749
Sun Twi	115,171	103,354	112,390	106,542	113,186
Mon Eve	71,569	63,801	47,343	52,436	50,667
Tue Eve	71,187	60,766	69,391	93,861	54,922
Wed Eve	70,595	94,416	74,838	61,947	66,414
Thu Eve	80,428	83,880	75,291	72,066	73,681
Fri Eve	104,064	86,022	59,111	80,806	84,800
Sat Eve	124,502	115,686	69,263	130,512	108,179
Sun Twi	138,103	141,273	88,752	110,482	103,485
Mon Eve	84,065	99,048	63,096	64,382	61,894
Tue Eve	121,888	74,964	88,646	55,563	75,427
Wed Eve	144,677	129,522	103,801	108,884	63,594
Thu Eve	131,473	135,664	90,851	90,042	109,460
Fri Eve	123,688	117,850	135,548	97,424	90,218
Sat Eve	**150,948	90,566	132,249	100,255	115,277
Sun Twi	117,435	117,464	104,166	NA	94,220
TOTAL	*2,262,834	2,144,077	1,890,332	1,802,158	1,806,129

** Single night Total Attendance Record (since 2003)
*Total Attendance Record
Total attendance include World's Championship Bar-B-Que Contest attendance.

Paid Rodeo Attendance

Day	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
Mon Eve	NA	NA	NA	57,608	NA
Tue Eve	46,265	49,472	59,401	53,923	70,317
Wed Eve	51,088	49,339	54,943	47,865	42,620
Thu Eve	55,332	60,374	48,224	55,670	51,040
Fri Eve	71,943	72,150	49,471	53,766	45,023
Sat Eve	57,627	70,503	60,000	60,067	61,230
Sun Twi	72,709	72,013	72,475	73,459	73,291
Mon Eve	51,985	54,705	44,758	55,707	47,048
Tue Eve	50,243	46,355	53,312	72,051	45,815
Wed Eve	49,808	71,057	55,972	48,069	49,383
Thu Eve	55,231	59,496	62,291	59,413	53,574
Fri Eve	70,007	58,692	50,641	57,245	57,010
Sat Eve	59,028	58,573	58,179	73,003	58,467
Sun Twi	73,469	74,222	74,147	71,164	69,641
Mon Eve	64,964	65,600	49,411	48,566	51,298
Tue Eve	72,384	59,740	61,613	57,053	61,396
Wed Eve	73,811	65,642	62,836	72,777	70,539
Thu Eve	71,590	73,073	55,336	59,075	72,057
Fri Eve	64,005	57,208	72,658	58,164	55,114
Sat Eve	73,825	72,977	72,412	71,906	71,559
Sun Twi	70,009	72,883	64,048	NA	70,014
TOTAL	1,255,323	*1,264,074	1,182,128	1,206,551	1,176,436

* Paid Rodeo Attendance Record

Top 20 Paid Attendance Records Individual Performances

	Date, Performance	Attendance Performer(s)
1	March 14, 2010 Sun. Evening - Go Tejano Day	74,222 Pesado and El Trono De Mexico
2	March 15, 2009 Sun. Evening - Go Tejano Day	74,147 Ramon Ayala and Alacranes Musical
3	March 19, 2011 Sat. Evening	73,825 Brad Paisley
4	March 16, 2011 Wed. Evening - Value Days	73,811 Miranda Lambert
5	March 13, 2011 Sun. Evening - Go Tejano Day	73,469 La Arrolladorra Banda El Limon and La Leyenda
6	March 9, 2008 Sun. Evening	73,459 Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus
7	March 4, 2007 Sun. Evening	73,291 Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana / Cheetah Girls
8	March 18, 2010 Thu. Evening	73,073 Black Eyed Peas
9	March 15, 2008 Sat. Evening	73,003 Brad Paisley
10	March 20, 2010 Sat. Evening	72,977 Brooks & Dunn - The Last Rodeo Tour
11	March 21, 2010 Sun. Evening	72,883 Selena Gomez & Justin Bieber
12	March 18, 2006 Sat. Evening	72,867 Brooks & Dunn
13	March 6, 2005 Sun. Evening	72,843 Hilary Duff
14	March 19, 2008 Wed. Evening	72,777 Fergie
15	March 6, 2011 Sun. Evening	72,709 Selena Gomez
16	March 20, 2009 Fri. Evening	72,658 Taylor Swift
17	March 8, 2009 Sun. Evening	72,475 Jonas Brothers
18	March 21, 2009 Sat. Evening	72,412 Brooks & Dunn
19	March 15, 2011 Tues. Evening	KISS 72,384
20	March 5, 2010 Fri. Evening - Black Heritage Day	72,151 Mary J. Blige

Attendance History by Year

Year	Total Attendance	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
2010	2,144,077	*1,264,074
2011	*2,262,834	1,255,323

(*) denotes attendance records
(#) denotes paid attendance figures beginning in 1999 (actual turnstile figures were reported through 1998).