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.
Tickets for the three-day convention will go on sale next week.
Elsewhere, the day belonged to Warner Bros., which brought out Oprah Winfrey, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya.
The overall message from the movie theater industry is: “We are back.” Normalcy is returning with screenings, stars and a robust slate of 2022 films.
A concert featuring masked metallers Gwar, a holiday food and craft fair and a comedy residency from Jon Lovitz lead this week’s list of things to do in Las Vegas.
Disney has cited the increase in cases here as the reason it’s keeping its executives and stars away from the annual gathering of the National Association of Theatre Owners.
The four-day convention had been scheduled for March 30-April 2 at Caesars Palace.