by Calculated Risk on 6/27/2025 06:15:00 PM
From the Las Vegas Visitor Authority: May 2025 Las Vegas Visitor Statistics
With headwinds of ongoing economic uncertainty, the destination hosted approximately 3.4
million visitors in May, down ‐6.5% YoY.Convention attendance reached approx. 511k for the month (up 10.7%), supported in part by show
rotations including LightFair International (8,500 attendees), the Bitcoin conference (30k
attendees) and the National Automatic Merchandising Association/NAMA Show (5k attendees).
Also, a few shows were held in May this year vs. other months last year, including Las Vegas
Antique Jewelry & Watch Show (7,500 attendees, held in June last year) and PETZONE360 Live (5k
attendees, held in April last year.)Hotel occupancy reached 83.0% for the month, down ‐3.1 pts with Weekend occupancy of 89.9%
(down ‐3.5 pts) and Midweek occupancy of 79.3% (down ‐3.2 pts). ADR for the month reached
$198 (‐2.2% YoY) with RevPAR of $165 (‐5.7% YoY).
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The first graph shows visitor traffic for 2019 (Black), 2020 (dark blue), 2021 (light blue), 2022 (light orange), 2023 (orange), 2024 (dark orange) and 2025 (red).
Visitor traffic was down 6.5% compared to last May. Visitor traffic was down 7.4% compared to May 2019.
The second graph shows convention traffic.
Convention traffic was up 10.7% compared to May 2024, but down 1.8% compared to May 2019.
YTD convention traffic is down 5.7% compared to 2019.
