A sexual health company that had a 2019 CES reward revoked — then reinstated months later — helped rewrite the trade show’s policies on sex tech products.
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.
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More than 4,500 companies will be exhibiting across more than 2.9 million net square feet at CES 2020.
Four ballrooms, including two that are the largest pillarless ballrooms, are part of Caesars Forum, the conference center that opens near The Linq Promenade in March.
Cox Communications is expanding its service at Wynn Las Vegas to include the company’s new convention center expansion.
Elon Musk’s The Boring Company switched on its tunnel-digging boring machines Friday to begin work on a $52.5 million people-mover project.
Before people travel underground to and from the Las Vegas Convention Center, dirt will be moved first.
Within walking distance of 20,000 Caesars Entertainment hotel rooms, the new Caesars Forum, capable of accommodating 10,000 people, will open its doors in March.
Las Vegas resident Vance Pritchett used three letters to describe the first day of the Specialty Equipment Market Association show on Tuesday. “Wow.”
For the more than 160,000 expected to attend the SEMA show, it’s all about cars, but vehicle data gathering will be a hot topic at the co-located AAPEX show that begins Tuesday.
With the Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo and the Specialty Equipment Market Association Show expected to bring thousands of automotive aftermarket professionals to Las Vegas, room rates along the Strip and beyond are starting to surge.
Hundreds of industry professionals headed to the Westgate this week to check out the latest commercial drone technology and equipment on display at the annual Commercial UAV Expo.
The Commercial UAV Expo Americas opens a three-day run in Las Vegas starting Monday at the Westgate. The event focuses on commercial UAS integration and operation.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority gave a hard-hat tour of the construction site at Paradise Road and Convention Center Drive to showcase the building that 14½ months from now will be teeming with thousands of people attending CES in 2021.
The idea behind the two-day conference at Aria is to bring together automotive executives and analysts to discuss the latest trends and innovations driving the industry.
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