New Year In Las Vegas Starts With Year’s Biggest Trade Show: Subdued, Lowkey CES Showing Gadgets, Devices, Gizmos Until Friday
By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
The biggest trade show in Las Vegas is back this week, just a little more subdued and scaled back than in past years.
Yes, the Consumer Electronics Show has taken over every convention center in Las Vegas, but there will be less people than in past years when CES’s popularity brought so many people that aisles were packed at the Las Vegas Convention Center in 2019.
In 2020, CES was scrubbed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2021, CES Media Days Monday and Tuesday got the product displays rolling with the official show starting Wednesday and lasting until Friday. CES organizers cut the trade show short by one day.
It was CES Unveiled at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center where some of the 2,200 companies from 160 nations in Las Vegas for the show gave a sneak peek of their products in media.’
Everyone must show proof of vaccination, while CES is handing our COVID test kits to use before show goers hit the displays and aisles.
People in Las Vegas would love to get their hands on those coronavirus test kits because locals have literally spent days trying to get tested.
On Tuesday, things were quiet at CES.
The self-tour lectures for Hyundai had an electronic voice telling any human form in the room to respect robots.
Mothers only.
Some human activity, stirring.
When I take a look in rooms, it seems either it’s empty or crews or breaking down equipment.
CES is often a hub for sports tech activities. We shall ne on the lookout this week when we visit the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Next stop: Vegas Golden Knights vs Nashville Predators at T-Mobile Arena for coverage tonight.
