Attendance RESTRICTED to shooting, hunting and outdoor trade professionals and commercial buyers and sellers of military, law enforcement, and tactical products and services ONLY. The SHOT Show is not open to the general consuming public (e.g., private visitors, hunters, sport shooters, members of hunting and sport shooting clubs, etc.). NO ONE under age 16 admitted (including infants). Childcare is not provided.
Admission to the show requires government-issued photo identification plus documentation demonstrating direct professional affiliation to the trade. Exhibitors and media are subject to different credentialing requirements.
A show badge constitutes a limited revocable license to attend the current SHOT Show. Badges CANNOT be reproduced, transferred or resold. There is a $200 fee to replace lost or stolen badges. Limit one (1) free reprint per person. Badges are the property of the National Shooting Sports Foundation and may be revoked at any time for any reason.
NO animals except for properly identified, on-duty, ADA-recognized service animals. Service animals may not be branded.
NO Photography — Photography or video recording at the show is prohibited except by those with valid media badges or other authorized individuals. Surveillance equipment is in use 24/7.
NO solicitation, suitcasing or outboarding.
NO personal firearms or ammunition allowed. Only firearms on display by exhibitors and whose firing pins have been removed (and have been inspected by SHOT Show safety advisors) will be permitted on the show floor.
NO loud, abusive or defamatory language, harassment, or other unprofessional or inappropriate behavior.
Show management is NOT responsible for injuries, property damage or loss of any kind, or for any other incidents, directly or indirectly connected with attending the show. Attendees assume all business and personal risks before, during and after the show.
Attendees and their belongings may be searched at any time during the show. Attendees consent to such searches and waive any related claims that may arise. If an attendee refuses such searches, attendee may be denied entry or be removed from show premises without refund or other compensation.
Attendees grant show management permission to utilize their image, likeness, actions and statements in any live or recorded audio, video, or photographic display or other transmission, exhibition, publication or reproduction made of, or at, the SHOT Show in any medium or context without further authorization or compensation their badge type, which may be updated at any time. Violators risk immediate confiscation of their show badge without refund and removal from the premises. Violators will not be allowed re-entry.
These attendance rules are applicable to all show “attendees” including buyers, non-buyers, exhibitors and media. Show management shall have sole discretion over admission at all times and shall strictly enforce all show rules. Attendees agree to abide by these attendance rules, as well as all other rules applicable to
Per Venetian and Caesars Forum policy, NO personal firearms or ammunition allowed including active law enforcement and armed forces attendees. Only exhibitor-displayed firearms whose firing pins have been removed (and have been inspected by the SHOT Show safety advisors) will be permitted on the show floor.
