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 m²) of space with over 2 million square feet (186,000 m²) of the space available as exhibit space.
At the end of 2004 Las Vegas had about 9 million square feet (136,000 m²) 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 m²) facility.
The 1998 expansion brought available space to 1.9 million square feet (177,000 m²). One of the most spectacular highlights of this project was the implosion of the Landmark Hotel and Casino.
The 2004 expansion, started in 2002, added 1.3 million square feet (121,000 m²) 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 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department substation, additional connecting walkways and an enclosed walkway to the monorail station.
In February of 2006 the 10th major renovation was proposed to add additional space and to make the space more accessible to conventions.
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 occasions.
CES is currently the most attended trade show with over 150,000 attendees.
