DesignerCon attracts more than 70,000 attendees each year and hundreds more artists and vendors.
Conventions
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.
The CinemaCon trade show at Caesars Palace offered plenty of ideas for new revenue streams, along with the viral “Dune: Part Two” popcorn bucket.
Those massive movies were showcased during the annual gathering of the National Association of Theatre Owners at Caesars Palace.
The famous Las Vegas venue, which has already hosted U2 and booked a UFC sporting event, has landed its first business conference customer.
Meetings planners, resorts, developers, government leaders and regulators need to have a unified strategy to keep gaming revenue growing.
MGM Resorts International’s Bill Hornbuckle and Wynn Resorts Ltd.’s Matt Maddox will be among the speakers at the Global Gaming Expo beginning Oct. 4 in Las Vegas.
When it meets Tuesday, the LVCVA’s board of directors will consider multimillion-dollar agreements that should enhance transportation for the city’s conventioneers.
The timing was perfect. CES 2021 would arrive just after the LVCVA worked out any bugs in its new West Hall, but the arrival of the pandemic ruined all the coordination.
The pandemic has made large gatherings like the Global Gaming Expo impossible, but the sponsoring American Gaming Association is doing its best with a virtual experience.
Clark County’s more than 200 licenced operators celebrated reopening properties Thursday, but the bigger question is whether they’ll be able to build on that success.
Resorts wish they could have more visitors like Cincinnati resident Tony Iori, who hopes Las Vegas will be like it has been so that he can travel here as often as he has.
The people mover at the Las Vegas Convention Center could be a transportation game-changer, but it would be helpful if the developers told us more about it.
Sportsbook executives said Nevada wagering would grow after betting became legal nationwide — they were right. What other nuggets do latest gaming stats provide?
Big changes are ahead for CES in the years ahead with the arrival of the West Hall at the Convention Center, other new venues and MSG Sphere at The Venetian.