August marked the largest jump in Las Vegas attendance figures since February of this year. In fact, August was the first month in several consecutive months for which attendance did not drop from the same time period last year. Due in large part to an increase in conventions and tradeshows during August, and not necessarily the casinos, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority nonetheless said that August saw a 2.7% increase compared to August of 2005. That percentage translated into over 3.3 million visitors, which is the most turnout Las Vegas has ever seen in any August.

With the previous three months combining for a total attendance drop of 3.4%, August brought things back on track, and September hopefully pushed attendance levels up even more. This is quite likely, for many of the aforementioned conventions bleed into and take place in September. In August alone, there was an estimated 606,695 convention participants, which was over a 50% increase. Although there were not as many attendees at the anticipated Online Casino Affiliate Convention due to legal concerns, the unexpected rescheduling of the Men's Apparel Guild trade show to take place in August brought an additional 105,000 convention delegates.

With hotel occupancy, airline travel and automobile traffic all increasing as well, Las Vegas is not hurting as bad as some analysts thought they would because of the opening of a new luxury casino front in Asia. The latter of these, however, has been more of a nuisance than a blessed sign of economic strength. Nearly 100,000 vehicles were on the major Las Vegas highways leading to the Strip, while a recorded 46,684 automobiles were tallied traveling on Interstate 15 alone. Most of the casinos have been taking steps to better traffic flows by building additional parking lots and pedestrian bridges, while many of the new casino developments are implementing measures to handle an overall increase in attendance, which the las Vegas Visitors and Convention Authority does not seem to be minding at all.