SEMA is big. It fills the Las Vegas Convention Center- practically wall to wall. The center has 2 million square feet of exhibit space and a grand lobby with more than 225,000 square feet. All of this was used for SEMA. There were even booths outside! The parking lot had drifting at one end of the building and courses to drive new Chevy car lines at the other end. The sidewalks outside and the concourses inside were lined with show cars. The AAPEX show was much of the same but it has to be held at the Sands Expo Center which is 1.8 million square feet!

The schedule for all the different things going on read more like a novel. Just the celebrity appearance listing fills three pages- both sides with small print! Not only did businesses have their booths, but would use the meeting rooms at the center or have after hour dinners at other locations. All throughout the show the exhibitors had product demonstrations, hands-on activities, give-aways and a whole mess of things to entertain the visitors. There was never nothing to do for five days.

I missed a lot.