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.
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.
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.
About 100 airplanes will be on display between the two sites, with 83 aircraft being at Henderson airport and 13 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Panelists in 2019’s final G2E education session discussed trends in nongaming amenities, from nightclubs to the prospect of hosting Los Angeles’ quirky Two Bit Circus.
The innovations shown on the floor at G2E are more important than ever as the gaming industry strives to catch up to the technologies used in other industries, according to the AGA’s Bill Miller.
Debit cards and iPhone payments aren’t used in casino transactions, but Bill Miller, president and CEO of the American Gaming Association, told a Global Gaming Expo crowd earlier this week that he believes it’s time to change that.
A panel at the Global Gaming Expo explored the Justice Department’s interpretation of the Wire Act and concluded there’s no clear path on what will happen next.
Roughly 1,000 vehicles are expected to hit the auction block during the Mecum Las Vegas 2019 auction event at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Big Boys Toys, an innovation and luxury lifestyle exhibition, runs from Friday through Sunday at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
“Jeopardy!” champion James Holzhauer is scheduled to appear at the International Game Technology booth at the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) at the Sands Expo and Convention Center.
“You come to Big Boys Toys to see products that you never knew to Google for,” says Biju Jayaraaj, CEO of the innovation and luxury lifestyle exhibition.