20 YEARS HISTORY
GES Las Vegas Expansion BY RAY SMITH
GES, a global leader in convention services, displayed insightful confidence in the tradeshow industry when it purchased 54 acres in the southwest Las Vegas Valley and constructed a state-of-theart, 860,000-square-foot national headquarters in 2003. It is located just off the 215 Beltway, which was built to alleviate traffic congestion on 40 Oct/Nov/Dec 2023 Exhibit City News
I-15, in a previously undeveloped desert area that required millions of dollars in infrastructure preparation before any concrete could be poured and steel could be erected. Now it is surrounded by shopping centers, office buildings, automobile dealerships, IKEA, and the Durango Station Resort and Casino, scheduled to open in October.
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