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Las Vegas is hosting it's third largest annual convention (130,000) on March 10 [1], though that has few international attendees. The fourth largest (100,000)
by cjensen 7y ago
Las Vegas is hosting it's third largest annual convention (130,000) on March 10 [1], though that has few international attendees. The fourth largest (100,000) in late April is notably international [2].
Worth noting that unlike GDC, both of these conventions feature equipment that is too expensive to demo at a customer site. Disruption of either of these two conventions will come at a cost.
[1] https://www.conexpoconagg.com https://www.conexpoconagg.com
[2] https://nabshow.com/2020/ https://nabshow.com/2020/
- cameronbrown 7y ago> Disruption of either of these two conventions will come at a cost. Who cares? People's lives are at stake, and a convention like this can be a hotbed of transmission.
- Reelin 7y ago> People's lives are at stake Just to proactively avoid any misunderstanding here, I'd like to point out that the virus is expected to spread in the US at this point. It's not a matter of _if_ you will be exposed, but rather _when_. From a logistical perspective, it's important that cases are spread out over time as much as possible in order to avoid the health system being overwhelmed.
- ineedasername 7y agoI don't think the poster intended that to mean the conferences should go ahead in the face of specific risks just because of the money involved. It was a simple statement regarding the economic impact of the virus.
- cjensen 7y agoI didn't say or imply the cost wasn't worth paying, just noting it because it is an example of the economic impacts that can be anticipated.