Tourism Official Expecting Strong Cheyenne Frontier Days Crowds

The Director of a local tourism organization says he thinks Cheyenne Frontier Days 2025 should draw large crowds.

Dominick Bravo of Visit Cheyenne says that while it's hard to predict exactly what sort of visitation the "Daddy of 'em All" will draw starting on Friday, the indicators he's seen in terms of ticket sales, hotel and motel reservations and other factors indicate "we should see a pretty strong 10 days."

Chamber Leader Sees ''Mixed Signals," Strong June Visitation

Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Dale Steenbergen in a Saturday appearance on the "Weekend in Wyoming" program seemed cautiously optimistic about CFD attendance, although he did say there are some "mixed signals."

Steenbergen did say tariffs could dampen the enthusiasm of Canadians in particular and foreign visitors in general to travel to the United States.

Steenbergen said that although the U.S. economy overall is "pretty good," a general sense of uncertainty about the economy may make people hesitant to plan long, large scale vacation trips. But he says that could be offset by more "day trippers'" from Denver, Casper and other less-distant locations.

''I think we sit in a year where there are some unknowns. We'll have to wait and see how it pans out.'' But he went on to say ''Based on the number of visitors that I have seen in June in Cheyenne, chances are that we could have a really nice Frontier Days as related to economics. We've definitely seen a big influx of visitors, so it could be that people are just traveling and spending a bit differently."

Steenbergen said one factor in favor of larger crowds is that gas prices are relatively low. He said that while the prices of gas actually is only small factor in the overall cost of travel, it has a psychological impact that is much larger than that.

Cheyenne Frontier Days spokeswoman Nicole Gamst told Townsquare Media on Monday that overall ticket sales for CFD events are roughly in line with 2024. Overall attendance last year was down slightly from 2023, but General Chair man John Contos called it "An amazing year" overall. It pumped an estimated $50 million into the Cheyenne/Laramie County economy.