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.
MGM Resorts has expanded its Convene with Confidence program to bring back conventions and meetings.
The Venetian resort is using Health Pass technology to expedite the return of conventions and trade shows to Las Vegas. Health Pass works like Clear found at U.S. airports.
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority President and CEO Steve Hill has pointed to World of Concrete being the first major trade show event to return to the city.
Social media influencers are expected to be in Las Vegas next weekend to get a look at how the city is readying for anticipated pent-up demand for the entertainment and activities it is famous for.
Las Vegas meetings and conventions have been operating on a small scale, but things are looking up in the second half of the year.
The Clark County Board of Commissioners Tuesday unanimously approved the revocable licence and maintenance agreements for planned tunnel from the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Workers spent more than 4 million hours working on the $987.1 million expansion that broke ground in early 2018 and was finished in time for CES 2021 had it come here.
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.
The Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall expansion project is 96 percent complete.
Construction of the new Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall is 95 percent complete and on track for a Dec. 14 completion with workers doing finishing work now.