Outdoor Retailer Show Brings Thousands To Salt Lake City
The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market expo
runs tomorrow through Saturday at the Salt Palace Convention Center.
It is not a public show, but it is a huge event that brings crowds to
downtown Salt
Lake City.
People need to be aware that streets
will be congested, buses
and trains will be full and parking will be impossible in the
area around the Salt Palace.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally
Jewell is the keynote speaker.
The Deseret News has this
article about the expo. Below are excerpts.
An estimated
22,000 manufacturers, retailers and suppliers to the outdoor industry
will descend on Utah this week for the annual Outdoor Retailer Winter
Market 2014 expo that runs Wednesday through Saturday at the Salt
Palace Convention Center.
The winter market
— the second-largest convention in the state behind only the
Outdoor Retailer summer event — generates more than $20 million in
direct spending for Salt Lake City and the state of Utah, according
to Visit Salt Lake, the city's visitors and convention bureau.
"What makes
being here special is that the people of this state live and breathe
outdoor recreation, which resonates so well with the industry
audience,” said Kenji Haroutunian, Outdoor Retailer show director
and vice president of Emerald Expositions, which puts on the event.
The Outdoor
Industry Association recently released The Outdoor Recreation
Economy, a report showing that outdoor recreation is a major economic
driver in the United States — and one that has grown throughout the
recession.
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