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April 14, 2010, 4:42pm EDT
Light Fair tradeshow coming to Phila.
Philadelphia Business Journal - by Peter Van Allen Staff Writer
New York’s loss is Philadelphia’s gain
Philadelphia convention officials signed a tradeshow that is expected to have an economic impact of $23 million early next year.
Light Fair International is expected to bring 23,000 attendees to its annual tradeshow at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on May 15-19, 2011, the Pennsylvania Convention & Visitors Bureau said. The show is expected to book 12,875 hotel-room nights.
The trade show normally alternates between Las Vegas and New York City, according to show organizers, but because of renovations at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York, it will come to Philadelphia for a year.
It will be one of the first conventions at the expanded convention center, which will open the doors of its $786 million addition early next year.