Comdex 2005 Cancelled Creating Hotel Competition During Fastener Show
Comdex 2005 Cancelled Creating Hotel Competition During Fastener Show
John Wolz
Comdex, the computer show which once drew as many as 200,000 visitors to Las Vegas, has been cancelled for 2005. The cancellation opens many of Las Vegas'” 131,503 hotel rooms during the National Industrial Fastener Show / West, which is scheduled November 16-18, 2005.
The fastener show headquarters hotels, Paris and Ballys, may face price competition for fastener industry rooms. Show management has not posted room rates for 2005. In recent years Paris and Ballys lowered initial rates as show attendees found they could reserve online for less than show management’s rate. For example, at one point Ballys’ fastener rate last year was $119 and ballys.com offered $89 rooms.
Hotels within three blocks of the fastener show include Bellagio, Caesar”s Palace, Westin, Aladdin, Flamingo, Barbary Coast, Bourbon Street, Days Inn, Super 8 and Econolodge.
Theaters, casinos, restaurants and the airport also will be less crowded without Comdex.
Comdex, first held in 1979, also was cancelled in 2004 after several years of decline. Show owner MediaLive International created an exhibitor council to determine how Comdex “can best meet the future needs of the industry.”” �2005 FastenerNews.com
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