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.
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.
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.
To assure the Las Vegas Convention Center expansion will be completed by CES 2021, the LVCVA board of directors approved a contract amendment that increases the cost.
Though they could end up competing for the same clientele, representatives of the Las Vegas Monorail and a company that wants to build an underground people mover system are forging a relationship.
The annual Las Vegas Souvenir and Resort Gift Show, underway at the Las Vegas Convention Center through Saturday, is one of the largest souvenir shows in the country.
A robotics display kicked off the first day of PACK EXPO, underway at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Don’t expect to find any hotel room bargains when CES rolls into town the second week of January.
SuperZoo 2019 drew more than 20,000 pet professionals to examine the goods of more than 1,100 exhibitors at Mandalay Bay Convention Convention Center.