The 2010 Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show is under way!
By popular demand, the SHOT Show has returned to Las Vegas this year, and the atmosphere at the 32nd edition of the show is electric.
“Our post-SHOT Show surveys told us that, by a more than 80 percent majority, this is where you want our annual must-see event to be,” said Steve Sanetti, president of the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
This year, buyers from 50 states and 75 countries have flocked to Las Vegas to take advantage of industry’s largest and most comprehensive trade show. The 2010 show encompasses 700,000 square feet of exhibit space with 1,800 exhibitors.
“We’re excited to be at the Sands Convention Center this year,” said Dennis MacDonald, senior vice president of Reed Exhibitions, which runs the show for NSSF. “Our pre-registration and exhibit sales numbers confirm that Las Vegas is a city our attendees and exhibitors enjoy as a venue in which to conduct business.”
Sanetti notes that the woeful economy was a constant challenge throughout 2009, “but in a time of severe economic setbacks, our industry has weathered the storm pretty well, and here — and only here — you will see all the important companies, key players, major distributors and retailers as well as the largest concentration of outdoor media anywhere in the world.”
Just as important, NSSF remains committed to improving the SHOT Show experience for all attendees. “Please feel free to stop by the SHOT Show booth (L221) in the Level 2 lobby and let us know your comments, both what we did right and what could use some more work,” Sanetti said. “We are committed to constantly improving the SHOT Show experience, and we are genuinely interested in your feedback and suggestions to make it even better.”
Opening day will conclude tonight with the annual State of the Industry Dinner, where attendees will get a chance to look back at the successes of 2009 and look ahead at the coming year. Attendees will also be entertained by the comedy of Dennis Miller.
I live here in Vegas. I have attend all Vegas SHOT shows since 2002. Being a disabled person who uses a scooter for such an event, I found the original convention center to be an ok place to get around for this type of event. However, now that it is at the Sands center, which is 2 levels, I find that the double levels is better when it comes to “crowds of people milling around”. I had a bit of an easier time getting around with the people scattered on 2 levels. However, the “dropping off point” for my scooter & I “really sucks” at the Sands center. There is no one conducting traffic control. The cabs pull up and block the ramp on the ground that I should use to get up on the sidewalk. There is no “safe” place for our vehicle to stop and drop the lift to get my scooter off our truck. So I would give the Sands an 8 on a scale of 1-10 over the LV Convention Center when it comes to the inside of the event but a 1 or 0 or -1 for the drive up and letting off point. I do not know which is worse: have a better experience getting out and into the building but fighting bigger crowds on a single level floor at the LV ctr, or having a terrible experience trying to get out of our vehicle and into the building but a better experience when it comes to driving around in the crowds on a double level building…if NSSF could combine the plus’ of the two it would be a great event for a disabled person..!!! I could not attend every day this year because of the “traffic” problem..had it been better, I would have been able to go all 4 days…