The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority put August 2026 visitor volume at 3,034,900, 4.3 percent below August 2025. Average daily rate fell 7.4 percent to $150.32, the lowest monthly rate the authority has published this year.
Seven Las Vegas properties list a daytime room on dayuse.com. The cheapest window is $61.00.
The August hotel print
Hotel occupancy reached 74.1 percent, down 3.4 percentage points. Revenue per available room reached $111.39, down 11.5 percent. Room nights occupied were 3,461,500, down 3.7 percent. Room inventory stood at 150,777 rooms, up 0.8 percent.
Weekend occupancy was 85.5 percent. Midweek occupancy was 69.4 percent. Strip occupancy was 77.0 percent, down 4.0 points, and Strip ADR was $153.15, down 11.4 percent. Downtown occupancy was 53.0 percent, down 9.2 points, and Downtown ADR was $85.68, down 5.0 percent.
August ADR was the lowest of 2026
The authority's 2026 monthly series runs $199.73 in January, $192.80 in February, $206.37 in March, $189.76 in April, $209.46 in May, $156.35 in June, $157.45 in July and $150.32 in August. August sits $33.28 below the year-to-date rate of $183.60.
Occupancy through eight months averages 80.4 percent for the city. August ran 6.3 points below that level.
The day-room shelf
dayuse.com's Las Vegas page lists seven properties, each rated three stars. Day rates run from $61.00 to $127.90 including booking fees. The same cards read $55.00 to $119.90 before fees. Alexis Park All Suite Resort is the cheapest at $61.00. La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Las Vegas Airport South is the dearest at $127.90.
The seven are Residence Inn By Marriott Las Vegas Stadium Area, Hyatt Place Las Vegas, Alexis Park All Suite Resort, La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Las Vegas Airport South, Courtyard by Marriott Las Vegas Stadium Area, Holiday Inn Express Las Vegas - Stadium Area and Fairfield by Marriott Inn & Suites Las Vegas Stadium Arena.
The booking windows open at 7:00 a.m. at the Residence Inn. The latest window on the shelf is 17:00 to 23:00 at Hyatt Place. Courtyard, Holiday Inn Express and Fairfield each carry a single 10:00 to 17:00 window, priced at $116.00 to $127.00 with booking fees.
Convention demand held up
Convention attendance reached 622,700, 6.0 percent higher than a year earlier. Year-to-date convention attendance reached 4,532,000 against 4,103,200, up 10.5 percent. The authority attributes part of the gain to the CHAMPS trade show, which moved into August this year with 24,000 attendees.
Strip gaming revenue was $684,087,000, up 0.7 percent. Clark County gaming revenue was $1,062,187,000, up 2.8 percent. Downtown gaming revenue was $61,502,000, down 3.0 percent.
Air traffic
Harry Reid International Airport handled 4,149,332 arriving and departing passengers in August 2026 against 4,567,908 a year earlier. The change is 9.16 percent. The authority's summary rounds the same move to 9.2 percent. Through eight months the airport handled 34,353,312 passengers, down 7.15 percent.
Spirit Airlines cancelled all flights on 2 May 2026.
The calendar and the base
The authority attributes part of the visitor fall to the calendar. Its summary cites "a less packed event calendar and the absence of Labor Day weekend that largely fell in August last year". Labor Day fell on 7 September in 2026 and on 1 September in 2025.
Through July the city was running slightly ahead of 2025. Visitor volume for the first seven months reached 22,754,200 against 22,640,600.
The authority's revised 2025 summary puts last year at 38,545,700 visitors against 41,676,300 in 2024, a fall of 7.5 percent.
Laughlin and Mesquite
Laughlin recorded 118,000 visitors, down 11.9 percent, with occupancy of 45.2 percent and RevPAR of $28.72, down 23.2 percent. Mesquite recorded 53,000 visitors, down 22.1 percent, with occupancy of 46.3 percent and RevPAR of $41.28, down 24.4 percent.
What the month means for a daytime window
Midweek occupancy of 69.4 percent and a citywide rate of $150.32 set the terms for a daytime sale. A day-use booking holds a fixed window at one price.
The seven properties on the shelf price a window between $55.00 and $119.90 before booking fees. Hyatt Place carries the latest window at 17:00 to 23:00.
The occupancy, ADR and RevPAR figures come from a survey sample. The summary states the sample covers more than 75 percent of the Las Vegas hotel inventory.