Strong Increase in Convention Attendance With 11 million square feet of existing and planned convention space, Las Vegas CONVENTION VISITATION is one of the world’s most convention destinations. The Las Vegas Convention Center is the primary Las Vegas convention venue, a state-of-the-art facility, 1983 943,611 --- : we we : : 1984 1,050,916 11.4 which features 3.2 million square-feet of exhibit and meeting space, and will 1985 1.072.629 21 soon expand to 5.8 million square feet. The following demonstrates the strong 1986 1,519,421 41.7 increase of convention attendance during the previous five years: 1987 1,677,716 10.4 1988 1,702,158 1.5 ; : 1989 1,508,842 (11.4) NO! YA 1990 1,742,194 15.5 \\\\ NN : : 1991 1,794,444 3.0 A NAAN [ ¢ 1992 1,969,435 9.8 EA NAAN b 1993 2,439,734 23.9 \ eX 1994 2,684,171 10.0 ~~ | 1995 2,924,879 9.0 a x \ 1996 3,305,507 13.0 ‘ a | 1997 3,519,424 6.5 — : 1998 3,301,705 (6.2) SS SS SS ee Eee 1999 3,772,726 14.3 = Zaina |= = 2000 3,853,363 2.1 | ~~ _<— gia ~ |=. — 2001 5,014,240 30.1 — > CONVENTION cEelTcR. 2002 5,105,450 1.8 . a ae —<° : vel TION CE) big 2003 5,657,796 10.8 | ae = Se? *; i oo a a 2004 5,724,864 1.2 ——_——_> A Ce k i 2005 6,166,194 7.7 [itn |) ; . ae 2006 6,307,961 2.3 i Pe | : 2007 6,209,253 (1.6) _ i]... 2008 5,899,725 (5.0) » ~ ak 2009 4,492,275 (23.9) j ai — 2010 4,473,134 (0.4) 6g <-> 2011 4,865,272 8.8 EE ai ) | 2012 4,944,014 1.6 | a : oi cot ac bit “ 2013 5,107,416 3.3 iW’ dei iN nN IN 2014 5,169,054 1.2 EE —— Source: LVCVA eer a Fed ae 54 i = ae age. a r cos thon ae ; * hater . eo. PF sig ha q : ‘ 3 a an! HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018771