How to Get Tickets to a Las Vegas Show

Getting tickets to a Las Vegas show is easy. Getting inexpensive tickets takes a little more work.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Telephones
• Internet Access
• Credit Cards And Loans
• Calendars
• Computers

1. Examine your Las Vegas itinerary.

2. Note which days of the week you will be in Las Vegas.

3. Figure out whether you would like to see a comedy act, musical act, concert, variety show or magic show.

4. Read or listen to reviews of the shows you are interested in so you know what you will be seeing before you purchase tickets.

5. Call the hotel where you will be staying. Ask the concierge if any special deals exist for hotel guests, either for the show in the hotel itself or for other hotels.

6. Log on to the Internet and go to one of the Las Vegas show ticket Web sites.

7. Note that some shows - like "O" at Bellagio - are in such high demand that they will not be available through any discount means.

8. Reserve your ticket, using a credit card, over the telephone or through the Internet.

9. Get a confirmation number and be sure to have the credit card with which you purchased the tickets and ID on your person when you pick them up.

10. Pick up the tickets at the "will call" desk.

Tips & Warnings

• It is easier to get tickets to a show during the week than on the weekend.
• You might consider booking a room in a hotel that offers a package deal. These deals include the room, show tickets and some meals.
• Affiliated hotels - such as the Mirage, Treasure Island, the Golden Nugget and Bellagio - can get you tickets to any of the other hotels with which they are associated.
• Find out about any and all cancellation fees. Some hotels will charge nothing if you cancel long enough in advance. Package deals can have hidden cancellation costs.

[clickbobb]

on 2/23/2009 DealsToVegas.com is also a very good source for Las Vegas show

[bruinsensei]

on 10/11/2008 @SeeMyProfile
Unless you bought every ticket available in Las Vegas at the Show Tickets counter, I'd think twice about making that recommendation. Your comment reeks of inexperience.

1) McCarran Show Tickets while helpful do NOT provide ticket purchases for a good number of the shows on the strip. While your experience was probably, it was also focused on what they had available at the counter - not on what was really happening in Vegas that week. Hot exclusive engagements don't use ticket brokers. Concerts at MGM Grand at the Hollywood Theatre for example never go through brokers. Comedy Festival tickets don't often go through ticket brokers like Jerry Seinfeld or Ray Romano. Brad Garrett at the Mirage is never available through ticket booths.

2) If you wait until you ARRIVE in Vegas to buy tickets, you're asking for balcony seating instead of front row views. Very bad mov

[SeeMyProfile]

on 6/30/2008 I completely disagree with the method used to buy tickets in this article. Anyone who goes to this much trouble is wasting their time.

There is a booth in the McCarrin airport (Las Vegas) right by the luggage claim area. The sign reads "Show Tickets." The people who staff that booth are very helpful when deciding which shows to see. Besides that, YOU'LL PAY THE SAME PRICE FOR THE TICKETS AS YOU WOULD ORDERING THEM ONLINE OR GOING IN PERSON TO THE HOTEL WHERE THE ACT IS APPEARING. The best part is that you'll be able to pick where you'll be seated from the floor plan they have of each theater AND BEST OF ALL, you'll leave the airport with the tickets in your wallet or purse.

If you wait and order the tickets from the hotel that the act is appearing, the hotels play a little game on you. You have to go IN PERSON to the hotel, pick up and pay for the tickets WAY BEFORE THE SHOW IS S

[GlumChum]

on 10/17/2006 Discount tickets can be found at www.broadwaybox.com/lasvegas