It didn’t take long for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s board of directors to unanimously approve its 2022-23 fiscal budget of $398 million.
Conventions
Conventions are big business in Las Vegas. • Expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center, a $1.4 billion project, will keep the city on pace to compete for the top shows. • CES tops the list. (See Top 10 below, and follow the link to a full list.)
Top 10 Las Vegas conventions
(ranked by attendance)1. CES — Consumer Technology Association
2. NAB — National Association of Broadcasters
3. MAGIC — Marketplace Spring Show
4. SHOT Show — Shooting, Hunting & Outdoor Trade Show
5. World of Concrete
6. International Builders Show
7. Las Vegas Market (winter)
8. Las Vegas Market (summer)
9. ASD Market Week
10. (tie) Mr. Olympia.
10. (tie) PMMI — Pack Expo Las Vegas
See the full list of Las Vegas conventions.
Licensing Expo, the world’s largest licensing event, will be back in action Tuesday through Thursday at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.
A $597.6 million project that was delayed by COVID-19 will start up next year after the massive ConExpo-Con/Ag construction trade show in March.
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.
Stymied by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, the NAB trade show — annually one of the city’s largest — opens its doors for a five-day event Saturday.
Meetings planners, resorts, developers, government leaders and regulators need to have a unified strategy to keep gaming revenue growing.
For 26 years, Las Vegas has been the leading destination for meetings, conventions and trade shows and a group of local resort executives intend to keep it that way.
Some resorts are asking more than $1,000 a night to stay during the first of two BTS concert weekends and for the NFL Draft at the end of the month.
The Las Vegas Convention Center’s West Hall has been filled all week with one of the most delicious industry gatherings of the year: the International Pizza Expo .
Ben’s Friends, a sobriety support group for hospitality workers, took a booth at the Bar & Restaurant Expo to reach out to industry professionals.
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The AVN Show is setting up for a new venue for the new year, kicking off 2023 at Resorts World Las Vegas.
The first industry week celebrating food and beverage companies is bringing the 38-year-old International Pizza Expo and the brand-new SIAL America to Las Vegas.
The show, joining other food and beverage conventions, aims to align tea with the fast-growing nonalcoholic beverage and health and wellness sectors.
In a hearing for Resorts World executives, the top local executive said he is optimistic the Boring Co. tunnel to the Convention Center will be open next month.