Las Vegas is back in the large in-person convention business big time, with Informa Markets’ World of Concrete leading the way. Its June 8-10 convention serves as the first major event at the $1 billion West Hall expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Meetings Today reached out to executives at the largest convention centers on each coast of the U.S., Southern California’s Anaheim Convention Center and Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center, to gauge their progress on the road to recovery back to large in-person meetings, tradeshows and events.

Legal expert Tyra Warner offers some contract dos and don’ts for planners working with convention centers to plan large meetings during the pandemic.

Financial approval has been given to the proposed America’s Center Convention Complex expansion project in St. Louis, Missouri, which will increase the venue’s hosting capabilities. Read more.

From incentive offers to new broadcast studios, we break down how hotel chains and major convention centers are preparing and upgrading for hybrid and virtual events.

The Austin Convention Center is one of the latest venues in the country to earn the cleaning, disinfection and infectious disease outbreak prevention accreditation. See what other facilities are on the list.

Sitting empty of large meetings during the pandemic, some convention centers are taking on unique roles. Read how the Minneapolis Convention Center is filling the event void by serving as a processing and drop-off site for mail-in ballots, plus other examples.

When business resumes, The Edge and other new and classic outdoor, rooftop and high-altitude event venues will have both destinations in take-off position for sky-high celebrations. Here’s the venues planners should consider when looking ahead to future New York City and Long Island meetings.

The new Broadmoor Exhibit Hall has opened up Colorado Springs’ five-star TheBroadmoor to the tradeshow and exhibit meetings segment and will offer an upscale environment that requires minimal decorating for tradeshows and exhibits.

The changing demographics of the business world and evolving customer preferences have resulted in a trend of “ad hoc” meeting spaces being included in new convention center projects and retrofitted into renovations and expansions by global design firms such as Populous and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Read more.