Sure, Cirque du Soleil and Blue Man Group might be at the pinnacle of performance art in Las Vegas these days, but the International Roofing Expo created its own stir in the city Feb. 14-16, at least as far as the roofing industry was concerned. In fact, performers from Cirque du Soleil were on hand to entertain onlookers before the ribbon-cutting ceremony that officially opened the show.
According to Hanley Wood Exhibitions, the company that owns and produces the event, 975 booths staffed by 435 exhibiting companies were on the floor of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center to showcase their products. These numbers were up substantially from last year's show, which had 884 booths and 370 companies. This year, companies from 15 countries were represented and 10.5 percent of the exhibitors were from outside of the United States.