The Vegas Shoot Timeline

In 2025, The Vegas Shoot relocated from South Point to the heart of the Strip, enhancing space, accessibility, and finals at Planet Hollywood's PH Live Theater.

Mathias Fullerton and Tanja Gellenthien claimed the final Vegas Shoot titles at South Point Arena, marking a historic close to the venue's era.

The tournament hits record-breaking registration numbers of over 4,900. Among the participants is 101 year-old Charlie Johnson.

Teenagers; Bodie Turner - 15 & Liko Arreola - 14 claim the compound crowns. Arreola repeated her performance in 2021 earning the top spot two years running.

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic 2021 featured a virtual event for the flight and junior divisions and a smaller in-person event for the Championship divisions.

Brady Ellison shoots the first-ever perfect recurve score at The Vegas Shoot.

In 2019, So Chaewon and Sara Lopez made history with the first-ever women's 900 shoot-off at the Vegas Shoot, joining just three others with perfect scores.

Vegas Shoot adds $10K-A-Day Championship Shoot Off. Every championship archer who scores a 300 is eligible to shoot for a $10K prize.

In 2018, attendance hit 3,500 archers, double since 2013. The unprecedented growth makes it the largest single venue indoor archery tournament in the world.

Twelve junior and cub divisions finished competition after day two at The Vegas Shoot. 36 titles were announced and scholarships were awarded.

In it's 51st year, The Vegas Shoot reached 3,400 archers in attendance. 16 archers made it to the final shoot-off. Mike Schloesser won, making it his 2nd title.

Tanja Jensen won the women’s championship division. She is the 3rd woman in Vegas history with a 900 perfect score, preceded by Mary Zorn 2004, Sarah Lance 2014.

The Vegas Shoot, hosted again at South Point, welcomed 3,000 shooters and 75 vendors. We celebrated 50 years of Vegas Shoot history!

In 2016 the Championship Compound Open division was introduced. Sergio Pagni was the first Lucky Dog to win the shoot and take home a $50,000 check.

A record of 2,578 archers competed in the 2015 Vegas Shoot at the South Point. For the first time, $24,000 in scholarship money awarded in Junior divisions.

Adult Champions included: Alex Wifler, Sarah Prieels, Seung Hyeon, and Jinhyek Oh. 

For the first time ever, The Vegas Shoot broke 2,000 archers. Mike Schloesser, Netherlands, became first non-U.S. Vegas Champion by beating out 10 others.

The Vegas Shoot was hosted at the South Point Hotel. Erika Jones won her third consecutive Vegas title in Championship Women.

The Vegas Shoot moved to a new location at the South Point Hotel. Jesse Broadwater and Erika Anschutz both claimed their second Vegas title.

The Riviera Hotel hosted their final Vegas Shoot in 2011 and 1,600 archers. Sunday included 2 major shoot offs.

13-man shoot off for the Championship Men's division and 2-women shoot off for Women's division. Reo Wilde and Erika Anshutz came out as winners.

Over $500,000 was available in cash, prizes, and contingency at 2010 Vegas Shoot. Jennifer Nichols won her 6th Vegas title in women's recurve.

The "New" Vegas Shoot, still at the Riviera Hotel, included new seating, electronic scoring, instant standings on big screens and plenty of practice space.

Over 1,400 archers gathered to try for cash prizes. 2009 was the first year that rewarded the Championship Compound man and woman with championship rings.

Reo Wilde won men's championship compound. Nichola Simpson took 2nd straight women's title. Championship recurve winners Brady Ellison and Jennifer Nichols.

The 2008 Vegas Shoot hosted 1,610 archers at the Riviera Hotel. On Friday 64 archers in seven divisions shot 300s. By Sunday, 15 men remained with perfect 900s.

Dave Cousins came out as the winner of the freestyle male division and took home $43,000 in cash prizes and contingency awards.

The Riviera Hotel hosted The Vegas Shoot for its 7th straight year. Chance Beaubouef took his third Vegas title and Mary Hamm won compound women's.

In true Vegas fashion, George Dixon and Ruth Brewster got hitched during the tournament because "all their friends were in one place at the same time!"

1,700 archers visited the Vegas Shoot at the Riviera. Jesse Broadwater took home his first Vegas crown and check for $15,000.

A record breaking 1,583 archers attended the Vegas Shoot at the Riviera Hotel. On Friday, 51 archers in five divisions shot perfect 300s.

By Saturday the perfect list was reduced to 23 600s all in the compound unlimited men's division. By Sunday, 6 tied with 900s. Dave Barnsdale is Vegas winner.

1,500 archers came to shoot The Vegas Shoot at the Riviera Hotel. On the first day of shooting 43 archers in four divisions shoot perfect 300's.

Chance Beaubouef took his 2nd straight Vegas title with a tighter shoot off format, only counting inner x's as tens. Connie Callaway took her 2nd women's title.

The WAF hosted at the Riviera Hotel had 1,400 archers and 3,000 spectators. 11 archers shot off for 1st pace. Chance Beaubouef took home the $10,000 prize.

$112,195 worth of cash prizes were available at the World Archery Festival hosted at the Riviera Hotel. Mike Anderson and Mary Zorn won the Vegas titles.

This year the World Archery Festival became part of the 3 Star Tour and the Car Shoot Off was introduced for competitors that attended all 3 Star events.

The NFAA World Archery Festival moved 1,200 archers to the Riviera Hotel. Purse was $112,195 and a first place prize of $10,000 was awarded to a single archer.

The NFAA World Archery Festival was hosted at the Sands Expo Center with over $100,000 in prize money and a car. Archers were introduced to the STARS Round.

The World Archery Festival was hosted at the Sands Expo Center and had a purse of $150,000 for the participating archers.

At the 1999 shoot, the NFAA announced it would manage The Vegas Shoot beginning in 2000. Dave Cousins and Michelle Ragsdale took home the compound titles.

The National Archery Show/Vegas Shoot was held at the Sands Expo Center and was under new ownership as the World Archery Festival

A previous Vegas winner from the 70s made a comeback and won the women's compound unlimited division, Michelle Ragsdale.

The Las Vegas Shoot, hosted again at Sands, Magnus Peterson claimed his 3rd Vegas Champion title. New champs: Roger Hoyle, Petra Ericson, and Jenny Sjowall.

Vegas '96 was held at the Sands Expo Center, competition for $200,000 in cash prizes. Winners included: Darrin McCutheon, Angela Moscarelli and Jessica Carlson.

The Sands Expo Center hosted the many archers at the Vegas Shoot. Champions included: Michael Hendrikse, Inga Low, Richard McKinney, and Denise Parker.

The 1994 Vegas Shoot was hosted at the Sands Expo Center and prize money worth $100,000 was up for grabs.

The Vegas Shoot moved to the Sands Expo Center to accommodate the growing event. 1,400 archers attended and shot on the official Vegas 3-spot from 20 yards away

Dee "Perfect" Wilde had a perfect weekend, taking the unlimited men's title. Dee's son Reo made his Vegas debut at 19 by winning the open men's division.

The Vegas Shoot Invitational was held at the Tropicana Hotel and introduced a new target face: three spot with 3cm 10 ring. Scoring 5-4-3-2-1 from 20 yards.

The shoot down round continued in 1992 and amateurs began shooting for money. Champions included Carol Bitner, Kirk Ethridge, Denise Parker and Mike Kerr.

The Tropicana Indoor Championships shook things up at the Tropicana Hotel this year with the introduction of the "shoot down" round.

Professional archers from the limited and unlimited classes would be eliminated from the tournament if they did not make the cut after the first two rounds.

All archers from open, amateur, and bowhunter classes that did not make the cut, were placed into flights to shoot the rest of the tournament.

The Tropicana Indoor Championships capped off with 1,367 archers at the Tropicana Hotel.

Archers who participated in the previous Vegas Shoot had a guaranteed shooting position, then those who registered first, until all archers had a spot.

The U.S. Indoor and P.A.A. Indoor Championships held at the Tropicana Hotel had $200,000 in prize and contingency money to award over 1,300 archers

Men and women were combined in the Open Bowhunter-Barebow, Bowhunter Limited and Bowhunter Unlimited divisions.

The tournament kicked off with a show-stopping performance of the Joey Johnston Show on Thursday at the Tropicana Hotel.

Becky Pearson won the women's Unlimited Championship for the third year in a row, and Jeff Rogers won the Men's Unlimited.

Tropicana Indoor hosted 1,150 archers who shot a 3 spot target face with 3 proportionate gold-red-blue (10-9-8-7-6) scoring areas of the 40cm at 18 meters.

1,079 archers attended the Tropicana Indoor Championships. Champions included Tricia Johnson, Eric Hall, Becky Pearson, Richard Wiley, Ban Kolb and Dale Fowles.

The Tropicana Indoor Archery Championships hosted almost one thousand archers at the Tropicana Hotel and Sports Complex.

Katie Smith won Women's Unlimited Division for the sixth year in a row. Terry Ragsdale aka Mr. Accurate won his fourth championship with first ever Vegas 900!

Nearly one thousand archers shot in the Tropicana Indoor Archery Championships for $102,840 in prize money.

Pro men and women awarded $3,000 for 1st place. Katie Smith won her fifth consecutive Vegas title and Dave Barnsdale took home the men's title.

$65,000 was up for grabs for 750 archers at the Tropicana Indoor Archery Championships at the Tropicana Hotel.

641 archers competed for $63,000 in prize money at the Tropicana Indoor Archery Championships at the Tropicana Hotel.

Archers still win money in their division, but silver dollars placed on random targets for the number of golds shot, & tackle manufacturers paid extra bonuses.

The Tropicana Indoor Archery Championships almost did not occur due to the previous low attendance, but the Tropicana Hotel and Sport Complex picked it up.

The tournament had a purse of $50,000 for over 600 archers. Winners include: Gary Lampshire, Katie Smith, John Doerr, Carolyn Griffith, and Cal Vogt.

The 1980 Vegas Shoot faced a decline of 150 archers from the previous year. Michelle and Terry Ragsdale took home top honors for 2nd year in a row.

"There seems to be a problem in the top competitive brackets in the fact that there are a few who consistently dominate it..." -Joe Johnston

The Vegas Shoot had over 800 archers competing for the $28,500 in prize money. Husband and wife, Terry and Michelle Ragsdale, both won their divisions.

The Vegas Shoot's purse increased to $36,000 and was hosted at the Hilton International Hotel.

Terry Ragsdale shot a perfect 1200 ten-ring, taking the Men's Unlimited title and $1,500. Fay Binney, nicknamed

Over 700 archers attended the International Indoor Championships, hosted at the Hilton International Hotel. This tournament featured $23,375 in prize money.

New this year was the addition of amateur divisions. Eva Troncoso took home her third consecutive title in the Women's Unlimited.

The other pro winners include Mark Perfect, Ken Stanislawski, and Anita Denen.

The Desert Inn Archery Classic was hosted at the Desert Inn once again where archers competed for $22,000 in prize money.

Gene Lueck shot a perfect Vegas 100 on day 1 (second ever in Vegas), but took 10th place after much lower scores on days 2 and 3.

The Desert Inn Archery Classic had 659 archers competing for $20,000 in prize money.

This year the 10-ring target was introduced. After picking up her bow only two years before, Eva Troncoso won the Unlimited Women's Division.

The Desert Inn hosted 638 archers on the new 16 inch multi-colored face. The 300 field was drastically narrowed with inside-out scoring.

The top 4 men in the unlimited division tied with perfect 300’s on the new Vegas face.

The top 4 men in the unlimited division tied with perfect 300’s on the new Vegas face.

Limited Division Winners, Victor Berger and Ann Butz, inspect Berger’s perfect 300 target.

Jack Lancaster and Bill Mills shot off for first place after tying with perfect 600 scores. Lancaster took home the title and $2,000 after two rounds.

After 2 years of cancellation, the Las Vegas Open was held at the International Hotel and the Las Vegas Convention Center. 1970 introduced the Flight system.

“[The Las Vegas Open] had everything…fantastic shooting, tension, grandeur, sportsmanship and good fellowship.” –Tom Jennings

The Colt’s-Sahara-Easton Shoot was held for the second straight year at the Las Vegas Convention Center, February 10-12. A total of $15,000 in prize money was awarded.

After a 3 year hiatus, the Sahara-Colt U.S. Open returned to the Las Vegas Convention Center, January 21-23. A total of $10,000 in prize money was awarded.

The Colt-Sahara/NFAA Championships was held March 16-18 at the Sahara Hotel. The first ever Freestyle Champions were Lou Shine (Female) and Matt Yurick (Male).