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Las Vegas
#1 Technology Industry Event
For the 50th anniversary of the already gargantuan show filled with the latest models of televisions, mobile devices, and other gadgets, the event soared to new heights. It made records for reaching 2.6 million net square feet of exhibition space and for hosting more than 170,000 attendees, with 60,000 of them coming from 158 countries, regions, and territories. The show is spread over the Las Vegas Convention Center and 10 area hotels, featuring 24 product categories and more than 20 marketplaces. The event always makes news with dazzling new products, though this year the big story was the theft of a pair of prototype three-screen laptops from Razer, an exhibitor who called the incident “industrial espionage.” Next: January 9-12, 2018