AVN Adult Entertainment Expo
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The AVN Adult Entertainment Expo (AEE) is a trade show held each January in Las Vegas
, Nevada
, and is sponsored by the Adult Video News Magazine (AVN). The 2010 AVN Awards
show was held during the Expo at the nearby Palms Casino Resort. The AEE is the largest pornography industry trade show in the United States. The 2007 AVN Expo had over 30,000 attendees, which included 355 exhibiting companies. Attendance for the 2010 Expo was just over 28,000. The 2010 AEE was held from January 7–10. The 2011 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo was held January 6-9 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center.
Until 2012, the AEE was usually held at the Sands Expo and Convention Center
running concurrent with the Consumer Electronics Show
(CES), although there is no connection between the two. The 2012 Expo is planned to be held at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on January 18–21, one week after the 2012 CES. The change in dates is stated to help exhibitors minimize travel expenses and maximize networking opportunities.
The AEE mixes industry only events with open hours for fans seeking the usual autographs, pictures, and memorabilia. One of the major aspects of the AEE is that most of the major adult entertainment stars make appearances. The first two days of the show are considered "Trade Only". During these times only people in the adult industry can gain access to the show. The AVN Awards were presented on the third night of the four day show.
The 1998 AEE and Awards are the subject of David Foster Wallace
's article "Neither Adult nor Entertainment", published in Premiere
and later reprinted and extended as "Big Red Son", the first essay of his collection Consider the Lobster
.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
, and is sponsored by the Adult Video News Magazine (AVN). The 2010 AVN Awards
AVN Awards
The AVN Awards are movie awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine AVN to honor exceptional performance in various aspects of the creation and marketing of American pornographic movies. They are called the "Oscars of porn"...
show was held during the Expo at the nearby Palms Casino Resort. The AEE is the largest pornography industry trade show in the United States. The 2007 AVN Expo had over 30,000 attendees, which included 355 exhibiting companies. Attendance for the 2010 Expo was just over 28,000. The 2010 AEE was held from January 7–10. The 2011 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo was held January 6-9 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center.
Until 2012, the AEE was usually held at the Sands Expo and Convention Center
Sands Expo
250px|land|right|thumb|The Sands Expo and Convention Center main entrance, Las Vegas, Nevada, Jan. 7, 2009The Sands Expo and Convention Center, at 1.2 million square feet , is the second largest convention center in the Las Vegas metropolitan area...
running concurrent with the Consumer Electronics Show
Consumer Electronics Show
The International Consumer Electronics Show is a major technology-related trade show held each January in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Not open to the public, the Consumer Electronics Association-sponsored show typically hosts previews of products and new...
(CES), although there is no connection between the two. The 2012 Expo is planned to be held at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on January 18–21, one week after the 2012 CES. The change in dates is stated to help exhibitors minimize travel expenses and maximize networking opportunities.
The AEE mixes industry only events with open hours for fans seeking the usual autographs, pictures, and memorabilia. One of the major aspects of the AEE is that most of the major adult entertainment stars make appearances. The first two days of the show are considered "Trade Only". During these times only people in the adult industry can gain access to the show. The AVN Awards were presented on the third night of the four day show.
The 1998 AEE and Awards are the subject of David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace was an American author of novels, essays, and short stories, and a professor at Pomona College in Claremont, California...
's article "Neither Adult nor Entertainment", published in Premiere
Premiere (magazine)
Premiere was an American and New York City-based film magazine published by Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., published between the years 1987 and 2007. The original version of the magazine, Première , was started in France in 1976 and is still being published there.-History:The magazine originally...
and later reprinted and extended as "Big Red Son", the first essay of his collection Consider the Lobster
Consider the Lobster
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays is a collection of essays by novelist David Foster Wallace. It is also the title of one of the essays, which was published in Gourmet Magazine in 2004.-Content:The entire list of essays is as follows:...
.