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Finally made it to this show, here are my pictures, and a link to better ones.
Picasa Web Albums - gene - Con Expo 2008
http://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/...?t=5919&page=3
OVERHEAD PIC
:ReviewJournal.com - Business - XL STRIP SHOW
The construction industry show, held once every three years in Las Vegas, uses every square inch of space available at the convention center, including the parking lots, and by Thursday had already attracted a record attendance of nearly 140,000.
In addition to covering more than 2. 2 million square feet of space and anticipating greater attendance than the International Consumer Electronics Show, organizers say ConExpo-Con/Agg features about 18 billion pounds of freight.
They started moving the heavy equipment in more than a month ago and won't be out of the convention center until about a week after the event closes Saturday.
More than two dozen cranes and other pieces the Germany-base company Liebherr-International brought to the show, some costing nearly $10 million, are already spoken for.
So far, there's enough attendance at the Las Vegas show to generate nearly $233 million in spending in addition to gambling losses. Show organizers will also fork over about $3 million in rent to the convention center.
To accommodate the massive event, the convention center allowed organizers to start putting pieces in place in early February, even as other events were under way.
By Tuesday, when ConExpo-Con/Agg opened, workers had unfurled more than 1. 3 million feet of telephone and Internet cables, rerouted traffic on Convention Center Drive, prepared four temporary taxi stands and new bus and shuttle stops to replace the stands and stops exhibitors are using for displays.
The show also used nearly every available parking spot at the convention center, meaning attendees had to take the monorail, a bus, cab, bicycle or their own feet to the event.
Picasa Web Albums - gene - Con Expo 2008
http://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/...?t=5919&page=3
OVERHEAD PIC
:ReviewJournal.com - Business - XL STRIP SHOW
The construction industry show, held once every three years in Las Vegas, uses every square inch of space available at the convention center, including the parking lots, and by Thursday had already attracted a record attendance of nearly 140,000.
In addition to covering more than 2. 2 million square feet of space and anticipating greater attendance than the International Consumer Electronics Show, organizers say ConExpo-Con/Agg features about 18 billion pounds of freight.
They started moving the heavy equipment in more than a month ago and won't be out of the convention center until about a week after the event closes Saturday.
More than two dozen cranes and other pieces the Germany-base company Liebherr-International brought to the show, some costing nearly $10 million, are already spoken for.
So far, there's enough attendance at the Las Vegas show to generate nearly $233 million in spending in addition to gambling losses. Show organizers will also fork over about $3 million in rent to the convention center.
To accommodate the massive event, the convention center allowed organizers to start putting pieces in place in early February, even as other events were under way.
By Tuesday, when ConExpo-Con/Agg opened, workers had unfurled more than 1. 3 million feet of telephone and Internet cables, rerouted traffic on Convention Center Drive, prepared four temporary taxi stands and new bus and shuttle stops to replace the stands and stops exhibitors are using for displays.
The show also used nearly every available parking spot at the convention center, meaning attendees had to take the monorail, a bus, cab, bicycle or their own feet to the event.
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