Las Vegas
Las Vegas Convention Center
The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in
Clark County,
Nevada.
It is one of the largest
Convention centers in the world. At the end of
2004, the center had 3.2 million square feet (297,000 mē) of space with
over 2 million square feet (186,000 mē) of the space available as
exhibit space.
At the end of 2004
Las Vegas had about 9 million square feet (136,000 mē) of exhibit and
meeting space available.
The Las Vegas Convention Center is adjacent to the
Las Vegas Hilton Hotel and is a stop on the
Las Vegas Monorail.
History
The Center opened on
April 29,
1959 with a 110,340
square foot (10,250 mē) facility.
The 1998
expansion brought available space to 1.9 million square feet (177,000 mē).
The 2004
expansion, started in
2002, added 1.3 million square feet (121,000 mē) of space in a new building
called the South Hall. This expansion is across
Desert Inn Road from the other space. Four bridges over Desert Inn Road
connect the facilities.
Early in 2005,
the Authority announced plans to add additional meeting space, a police
substation, additional connecting walkways and an enclosed walkway to the
monorail station.
Facts
The
CONEXPO-CON/AGG construction trade show in 2005 used the most space, 1.88
million square feet.
Comdex was
the most attended trade show with over 200,000 attendees on several ocassions.
CES is currently the most attended trade show with over 150,000 attendees.
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