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.
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.
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.
Las Vegas shed 82,700 entertainment and hospitality jobs during the 12 months ending in June. Marco Villarreal made sure his wasn’t one of them.
With no real breakout products, it’s difficult not to think of this year’s edition as more incremental than innovative. But here’s a look back at this year’s show.
Who needs a flux capacitor when, in less than five minutes, you can go from listening to Alan Alda reminisce about radio pioneer Arthur Godfrey to a demonstration of a futuristic 8K television that’s just 1 millimeter thick?
Perhaps stealing a page from its theme park division, Universal took attendees on a wild ride, bookended by that duo, during its CinemaCon presentation Wednesday at Caesars Palace.
Spend enough hours walking through MAGIC, and almost all of the fashion starts to blend together. Even the patterns that resemble the aftermath of Jackson Pollock getting sick on sangria and Skittles.
Bold menswear prediction: Guys will continue to buy pants. Also, probably shirts — with the possible exception of Adam Levine.
