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.
Thousands of Nevada business owners are unsure whether they’ll be able to stay afloat without another round of federal stimulus relief and a strong comeback of Las Vegas’ convention businesses.
“With positivity rates peaking during our key planning period we have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2021 show,” organizers said.
The largest construction convention, World of Concrete, will be pushed back to June, the trade show announced Tuesday.
The Consumer Technology Association said Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg will deliver the keynote speech to kick off the CES 2021 virtual show.
Despite the pandemic, International Market Centers decided to hold its summer Las Vegas Market in person this year at the World Market Center.
The Specialty Equipment Market Association announced its convention scheduled for November has been canceled because of COVID-19.