Attendance for National Finals Rodeo at Thomas & Mack Center neared 170,000 for its 10-day run.
The official number was 168,952 for the 10 consecutive sellouts for the Super Bowl of rodeos.
The NFR is a major economic jolt for Las Vegas in December. Photo credit: Tom Donoghue
It’s a vital shot in the economic arm for the Strip, and other hotel-casinos from The D to South Point during a slower time between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Opening night check ceremony. Photo credit: Tom Donoghue
The Dec. 7-16 NFR also brings hundreds of vendors to places including the Las Vegas Convention Center, South Point and Mandalay Bay.
The NFR brings 120 contestants vying for $10 million in prize money. Photo credit: Tom Donoghue
There were also 56 concerts and 37 locations that offered the NFR live feed.
Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com.
Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle.
In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com.
After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent.
Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.
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