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World's Championship Bar-B-Que Contest

Day	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004
Thurs Eve	*34,223	33,568	30,432	28,425	21,113	29,570
Fri Eve	*76,889	70,121	66,850	50,929	61,735	60,580
Sat Eve	*106,528	105,624	93,642	67,481	57,188	93,189
TOTAL	*217,640	209,313	190,913	146,285	140,036	183,339

(*) denotes attendance record

General Grounds Attendance

Day	2009	Day	2008	Day	2007	2006
Tue Eve	65,486	Mon Eve	58,303	Tue Eve	85,632	85,895
Wed Eve	64,331	Tue Eve	54,263	Wed Eve	45,240	40,103
Thu Eve	57,582	Wed Eve	49,136	Thu Eve	60,094	46,748
Fri Eve	64,886	Thu Eve	50,661	Fri Eve	55,077	73,119
Sat Eve	105,671	Fri Eve	61,988	Sat Eve	103,749	94,684
Sun Twi	112,390	Sat Eve	93,292	Sun Twi	113,186	83,347
Mon Eve	47,343	Sun Twi	106,542	Mon Eve	50,667	56,289
Tue Eve	69,391	Mon Eve	52,436	Tue Eve	54,922	53,034
Wed Eve	74,838	Tue Eve	93,861	Wed Eve	66,414	78,151
Thu Eve	75,291	Wed Eve	61,947	Thu Eve	73,681	79,237
Fri Eve	59,111	Thu Eve	72,066	Fri Eve	84,800	98,213
Sat Eve	69,263	Fri Eve	80,806	Sat Eve	108,179	95,111
Sun Twi	88,752	Sat Eve	130,512	Sun Twi	103,485	104,488
Mon Eve	63,096	Sun Twi	110,482	Mon Eve	61,894	55,466
Tue Eve	88,646	Mon Eve	64,382	Tue Eve	75,427	71,446
Wed Eve	103,801	Tue Eve	55,563	Wed Eve	63,594	78,423
Thu Eve	90,851	Wed Eve	108,884	Thu Eve	109,460	95,236
Fri Eve	**135,548	Thu Eve	90,042	Fri Eve	90,218	80,426
Sat Eve	132,249	Fri Eve	97,424	Sat Eve	115,277	101,297
Sun Twi	104,166	Sat Eve	100,255	Sun Twi	94,220	70,565
TOTAL	*1,890,332		1,802,158		1,806,129	1,688,103

** 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	2009	Day	2008	Day	2007	2006
Tue Eve	59,401	Mon Eve	57,608	Tue Eve	70,317	69,644
Wed Eve	54,943	Tue Eve	53,923	Wed Eve	42,620	40,025
Thu Eve	48,224	Wed Eve	47,865	Thu Eve	51,040	44,405
Fri Eve	49,471	Thu Eve	55,670	Fri Eve	45,023	62,138
Sat Eve	60,000	Fri Eve	53,766	Sat Eve	61,230	57,708
Sun Twi	72,475	Sat Eve	60,067	Sun Twi	73,291	55,163
Mon Eve	44,758	Sun Twi	73,459	Mon Eve	47,048	45,862
Tue Eve	53,312	Mon Eve	55,707	Tue Eve	45,815	42,310
Wed Eve	55,972	Tue Eve	72,051	Wed Eve	49,383	61,130
Thu Eve	62,291	Wed Eve	48,069	Thu Eve	53,574	51,688
Fri Eve	50,641	Thu Eve	59,413	Fri Eve	57,010	59,126
Sat Eve	58,179	Fri Eve	57,245	Sat Eve	58,467	51,881
Sun Twi	74,147	Sat Eve	73,003	Sun Twi	69,641	70,481
Mon Eve	49,411	Sun Twi	71,164	Mon Eve	51,298	45,615
Tue Eve	61,613	Mon Eve	48,566	Tue Eve	61,396	53,807
Wed Eve	62,836	Tue Eve	57,053	Wed Eve	70,539	57,951
Thu Eve	55,336	Wed Eve	72,777	Thu Eve	72,057	69,716
Fri Eve	72,658	Thu Eve	59,075	Fri Eve	55,114	50,954
Sat Eve	72,412	Fri Eve	58,164	Sat Eve	71,559	72,867
Sun Twi	64,048	Sat Eve	71,906	Sun Twi	70,014	53,087
TOTAL	1,182,128		1,206,551		1,176,436	1,115,558

* 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)
March 15, 2009 Sun. Evening - Go Tejano Day	74,147 Ramon Ayala and Alacranes Musical
March 9, 2008 Sun. Evening	73,459 Hannah Montana and Miley 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 20, 2009 Fri. Evening	72,658 Taylor Swift
March 8, 2009 Sun. Evening	72,475 Jonas Brothers
March 21, 2009 Sat. Evening	72,412 Brooks & Dunn
March 4, 2005 Fri. Evening - Black Heritage Day	72,063 Alicia Keys
March 15, 2007 Thu. Evening	72,057 Beyonce
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

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).

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