February 15-17 , Las Vegas
DID SOMEBODY MENTION ' MOMENTUM '?
Words and Pictures by Robin Longhair ( first of his name !)
Forecasting the likely outcome of anything in advance is asking for trouble , but in asking if the then upcoming AIMExpo had " The Big Mo ," I ' m glad to say that , while there is still a long way to go , and strategic questions persist about U . S . trade show geography , AIMExpo has turned out of the headwinds and had energy ( and money ) in its aisles … Leaving aside the two , or maybe even three , billion dollars of annual powersports industry sales represented by the exhibitors at AIMExpo this year , I did an entirely unscientific and entirely informal survey of the buying power that I saw walking the aisles on the two primary days of the show , and it had to be worth at least a further billion dollars of parts and accessory buying budget there , if not more . Don ' t get me wrong , the attendance wasn ' t huge , in numerical terms , and the first day , capped-off by the Tucker
Powersports sponsored industry party ( in the hall after show hours ), certainly helped front-load a level of show traffic that reduced as the three days progressed . However , on that first day , there was a buzz . Business was being done . Contacts were being made and renewed , meetings held , plans hatched and options weighed . The ' morning after the night before ' started slowly , but by midday the show was reasonably well populated again . Personally , I can ' t speak for the final day as I had an appointment with my airline . From what I hear , the hoped for Friday flood of South West and especially California dealers didn ' t materialize ( it never does , it never has ), but by then I would judge that the show had made its point and secured its fate for at least the next two to three years . Here we use our customary vendor booth picture formula to tell the story in the way that matters , and I for one will be back next year ( Las Vegas , February 7-9 , 2024 ).
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