Paul Kahler of IPME and Scott Sengpiel of LVE each scored two goals Wednesday in leading the East squad to a 6-3 victory over the West in EDPA Hockey Extravaganza IV at City National Arena in Las Vegas. The East leads the series 3-1.
As top draft choice for the fourth annual EDPA Hockey Extravaganza, Corey Johnson isn’t expecting much of a signing bonus and he’s still negotiating a long-term contract to play for the East squad. He’s aiming for a few incentives, like free beer.
Volunteers from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority celebrated Global Meetings Industry Day in advance of May 6 with a charity event benefitting SafeNest, a nonprofit organization supporting battered and abused women.
Turns out, this guy Darwin was on to something with his theory of evolution. If you’re going to survive in the ultracompetitive tradeshow Installation & Dismantle (I&D) world, you’ll learn to adapt to a constantly changing environment.
Sometimes we wonder how people ever survived the 1800s without electricity, cell phones, computers, 7-Eleven and Starbucks, for God’s sake. Children of the next century may contemplate what life would have been like without artificial intelligence (AI).
More than 50 Italian brands showed their ceramic and porcelain artistry at Coverings 2026, the largest tile and stone exhibition in North America. It was held March 30-April 2 at Las Vegas Convention Center, with 1,000 exhibitors from 40 countries, estimated attendance of 25,000 and roughly 400,000 square feet of exhibit space.
There’s no denying the downturn in visitors to Las Vegas. Blackjack tables are a little less crowded, Strip traffic is lighter, and you might not need a reservation to get into Gordon Ramsay Hell’s Kitchen. Better call to make sure.
Generally regarded as the biggest convention in Las Vegas, encompassing some 3 million square feet, ConExpo-Con/Agg 2026 broadened its gigantic footprint by consuming the outdoor Platinum Lot at Las Vegas Convention Center and spilling over to the Festival Grounds, the last patch of undeveloped desert on the Strip.
It wasn’t Las Vegas that alienated our Canadian neighbors with silly talk about making Canada the 51st state and imposing 25 percent trade tariffs, but it cost the tourism destination an 8 percent decline in air passenger capacity in the second half of 2025.
Enter the expansive Central Hall grand lobby of the renovated Las Vegas Convention Center and you’ll be blinded by the light, a stark contrast to the dark and gloomy corridor that welcomed guests in the past.
It’s a focal point of the $600 million convention center renovation that was completed in time for CES, the enormous tradeshow that spotlights the latest and greatest inventions in consumer electronics.
Smart, easy money was made on Taylor Swift’s 2024 Eras concert tour that packed stadiums with thousands of “Swifties” and brought $2 billion in revenue, opening investors’ eyes to lucrative opportunities in live events.
A couple hours into the first day of MJBizCon 2025 in Las Vegas, Quinn Heyrich began to wonder where his customers are hiding. The few people who stopped by Surfside Solution’s modest exhibit booth paused just long enough to dig into a bowl of Lifesaver mints.
