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.
Conventions
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.
While international traffic was strong in January, domestic counts were off for the month, the Clark County Department of Aviation reported.
When the Consumer Technology Association returns the massive technology trade show to Las Vegas in 2022 it will offer a virtual version of the event at the same time.
Dozens of conventions and business gatherings in Las Vegas have new dates in late 2021 or 2022.
The Licensing Expo has been postponed once again and is now scheduled to take place at the Mandalay Bay Convention center Aug. 10-12.
Crews finished the $980.3 million building in time for CES — which was canceled — but the LVCVA now must start paying for utilities and insurance without a revenue source.
According to a list compiled by the LVCVA, there are 36 events on the convention calendar in the first half of 2021.
The Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall expansion project is 96 percent complete.
As work crews put the finishing touches on the new West Hall and will add a solar power generating system, the first trade show since March prepares to arrive.
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.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto has introduced bipartisan legislation for tax credits to provide relief for convention, trade show, entertainment workers for COVID-19 recovery.
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