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.
Las Vegas saw 38.8 million visitors last year, a 20.5 percent increase compared with 2021. But the double digit percentage increase was not enough to beat the city’s 2016 record of 42.9 million visitors.
Carl Cosico’s brainstorm on a biometricly locking firearms case is drawing acclaim from gun-safety advocates and for its quick-armed, auto-eject mechanism.
CES brought in more attendees than organizers had initially anticipated during the annual four-day tech trade show that wrapped up Sunday.
One of the highlight of CES every year is a pitch competition for small technology companies and this year’s nine entrants didn’t disappoint judges and the audience.
The organization did not immediately respond to an inquiry about how many Russian companies attended past CES events, or if there was less interest from them this year.
While there are still storm clouds on the horizon for the four-day CES 2023 show, organizers are anticipating a large crowd to arrive at multiple convention venues.
The Consumer Electronics Association is requiring additional health and safety procedures for early arrivals to CES from China, Hong Kong and Macao.
The world’s largest consumer electronics event is scheduled to begin its four-day run on Jan. 5 at several Las Vegas venues.
The union authorized a walkout against the center’s food service provider in a unanimous vote, but bargaining teams are still negotiating a contract.
After announcing plans for a strike vote against Sodexo Centerplate last month, the process has begun and results are expected to be revealed Friday or Saturday.