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Performance Racing Industry was started in 1986 by Steve Lewis, owner of Laguna Coast Publishing, based in Laguna Beach, California.Now based in Aliso Viejo, California, the company operates PRI magazine, a monthly business publication for entrepreneurs in the auto racing industry; the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, which launched in 1988 and showcases thousands of new racing products ...
The Orange County Convention Center is a convention center located in Orlando, Florida. Opened in 1983 as the Orange County Convention and Civic Center, it is the primary public convention center for the Central Florida region and the second-largest convention center in the United States, after McCormick Place in Chicago. [2]
The Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) is an annual conference in Orlando, Florida organized by the National Training and Simulation Association, [1] an affiliate organization of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) held at the Orange County Convention Center, a large conference and exhibition centre located on Exhibition Drive on the ...
Steve Lewis grew up in Colton, California, where he followed auto racing from an early age.While in high school, his weekly ritual consisted of attending events at Southern California race tracks, including midget races at Orange Show Speedway; drag races at Fontana, Riverside Raceway, and Colton Drag Strip; and occasionally visiting Ascot Park.
The following year, the 73rd annual convention and trade show in Orlando, Florida had over 19,000 attendees. The IAAPA Expo was the largest amusement-industry exhibition in the world, offering trends in amusement and arcade equipment, food, beverage, park technology and entertainment.
The Gaylord Palms Convention Center has 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m 2) of meeting space. More than half of that space is one large bay called the Florida Exhibition Hall, which has 210,300 sq ft (19,540 m 2) including prefunction space. It also features a permanent 101- by 40 ft (12 m). performing stage with green rooms and dressing rooms connected ...
MegaCon – Orlando, Florida, in May; MineCon – Orlando, Florida on the 2nd weekend of November (2013; other years may vary) MomoCon – Atlanta, Georgia in May; PrezCon – Charlottesville, Virginia, President's Day weekend; RavenCon – Richmond, Virginia, in April; Stellarcon – High Point, North Carolina in March
The Broward County Convention Center topped out in July 1990. [14] On Thursday September 5, 1991, the facility had its ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the $48.9 ($109 million in 2023) development. [15] The center was completed months (4 or 11, depending on the source) ahead of schedule and $750,000 ($1.68 million in 2023) under budget.