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How to Get Tickets to a Las Vegas Show

By eHow Travel Editor

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

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Telephones
Internet Access
Credit Cards And Loans
Calendars
Computers

Step1

Examine your Las Vegas itinerary.

Step2

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

Step3

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

Step4

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

Step5

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.

Step6

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

Step7

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

Step8

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

Step9

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.

Step10

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.

Comments

SeeMyProfile said

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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