The fast-rising sport gets its moment in the sun with its own convention in the convention capital of the world.
Conventions
Open to the general public and set to take place from July 11 to 17, the convention will be held at the newly renovated Mandalay Bay Convention Center.
The nearly 2-year renovation of 2.1 million square feet of convention space added new tropical designs and technology.
DesignerCon attracts more than 70,000 attendees each year and hundreds more artists and vendors.
The massive World Market Center complex next to Interstate-15 has been open since 2005 and brings thousands of visitors to Las Vegas each year.
Impossible Foods, makers of the Impossible Burger that has taken the nation by storm, announced at a pre-CES press conference that Impossible Pork is its next product.
In what some are calling the “Keurigization of the world,” manufacturers exhibiting at CES are showing more devices that simplify food and beverage preparation.