by This will be my 8th SHOT Show that I’ve attended.
The smallest I attended was in 1996 in Dallas. Tactical and military was looked down upon back then. Those vendors were placed in an out of the way location of the Dallas Convention Center. One of the biggest vendors was Columbia Sportswear. I even got to see the late Gert Boyle, CEO of Columbia, when I walked the floor.
The largest SHOT Show for me will be this year. While the Caesar’s Forum was open last year, many vendors canceled over pandemic concerns. This year I anticipate both the Venetian Sands Expo Center and the Caesar’s Forum will be full.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation which puts on the SHOT Show has produced an infographic showing just how big an event it is. If you’ve followed this blog for any amount of time, you know I love my infographics!
They won’t let people like me in but indirectly they did me a favor a few years back. The Legislature passed an “AW” ban. The Democrat governor vetoed it amid concerns that the Shot Show would pull out of Vegas. It seems that the Teamsters have the contract to do the set up and break down of the convention center and they leaned on him.
Uge!