Booth Prices Raised for 2004 Las Vegas Show

John Wolz

Show management has raised booth prices for the 2004 National Industrial Fasteners Show in Las Vegas.
Booth prices are rising $100 each to $1,595 for regular booths and $1,695 for premium locations for the November 10-12, 2004, show at Paris & Bally�s hotels. Conferences and an opening reception are slated for Wednesday, November 10, 2004, and the show will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. to noon Friday.
The main Paris ballroom sold out for 2003, but there were vacant booths in the auxiliary Champagne ballroom and the planned Versailles ballroom never opened.
After the last show several exhibitors complained the show costs were already too high.
One compared the NIFS price to the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors convention. �If STAFDA can do an excellent show for $1,000, why can�t they?�
An association official said prices haven�t been decided for STAFDA�s 28th annual convention, scheduled November 14-16, 2004, in San Francisco. �We�re not at that point yet, but they should be the same or close to what they were� for 2003.
NIFS management has not offered an explanation for the price hike.
For NIFS information contact show manager Gloria Crase. E-mail: nifsco@fastenershows.com Web: fastenershows.com �2003 FastenerNews.com