How discounts on Las Vegas show tickets actually work
Almost every show in Las Vegas sells at more than one price. The same seat can cost one amount on the box office page, another through a reseller, and another again on a Tuesday in August. What we do here is track the discounted rate for each show and put them side by side, with the price for every seating category rather than a single teaser figure.
There is no code to copy on this page, and that is deliberate. Our booking links already carry the discount: you click through, and the reduced rate is applied when the price is calculated. Some venues do work from a promotional code internally, but you never see it, and on several booking engines there is no field to type one into. Publishing a code that cannot be entered would waste your time, so we send you straight to the discounted price instead.
Why the same show has four or five prices
Seating category is the main reason. A theatre is divided into zones, and the gap between the back and the front is often double. The cheapest category is not always a bad seat, particularly in the smaller showrooms where the back row is thirty feet from the stage, but in the large Cirque theatres the difference is real and worth paying for if the show is built around what you see. Where a venue publishes a seating chart, it is worth looking at before you choose.
Taxes and fees
Nevada charges a Live Entertainment Tax on admission to shows, up to 9%, and sellers don't all apply it to the same amount. Some also quote a base price and add their service fee at checkout. To keep the shows above comparable, every price includes the seller's mandatory fees and is shown before tax: + tax means the tax is added at checkout, and each show page gives the total with it. incl. taxes & fees means the figure is what you pay.
Where else to look
We would rather tell you than pretend we are the only option. If you are already in town and flexible about what you see, the half-price ticket booths along the Strip sell same-day seats for shows that have not filled, and you will sometimes beat any online rate. If you hold a players card with one of the casino groups, check your offers before booking anywhere: discounted and comped show tickets are a common perk. And if you are a Nevada resident, several venues run local rates that are never advertised online.
Where none of that applies, or you simply want to lock something in before you travel, the prices above are the discounted rates we can find today.