COMDEX
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COMDEX (an abbreviation of '''COMputer Dealers' EXhibition) was a computer expo trade show held in the Las Vegas Valley of Nevada, United States, each November from 1979 to 2003. It was one of the largest computer trade shows in the world, usually second only to the German CeBIT, and one of the largest trade shows in any industry sector. COMDEX exhibitions were held in many other countries from 1982 to 2005, with 185 shows altogether. The first COMDEX was held in 1979 at the MGM Grand (now Horseshoe), with 167 exhibitors and 3,904 attendees. In 1981, the first COMDEX/Spring''' was held in New
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- COMDEX
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- COMDEX Spring 1998 - S006i008.jpg
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- Entrance to COMDEX/Spring '98 at the McCormick Place in Chicago
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- Defunct
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- Computer show
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- 1979–2005
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- 225,000 (1996, peak)
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- comdex.com (archived from the original on December 6, 1998)
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- Comdex badge 1994.jpg
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- 1979-11-00
- end time
- 2003-11-00
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- 1979-00-00
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- COMDEX
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- 40000
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Organizers
- The Interface Group
- Northeast Computer Faire
- Attendance
- Cities other than Las Vegas
- Early 2000s and closing
- COMDEXvirtual
- List of all COMDEX events
- See also
- External links
- References
COMDEX (an abbreviation of '''COMputer Dealers' EXhibition) was a computer expo trade show held in the Las Vegas Valley of Nevada, United States, each November from 1979 to 2003. It was one of the largest computer trade shows in the world, usually second only to the German CeBIT, and one of the largest trade shows in any industry sector. COMDEX exhibitions were held in many other countries from 1982 to 2005, with 185 shows altogether. The first COMDEX was held in 1979 at the MGM Grand (now Horseshoe), with 167 exhibitors and 3,904 attendees. In 1981, the first COMDEX/Spring''' was held in New York City.
==History== thumb|AutoCAD booth at COMDEX/Fall '84 at the [[Las Vegas Convention Center]] ===Organizers=== ====The Interface Group==== COMDEX was started by The Interface Group, whose organizers included Sheldon Adelson, and Richard Katzeff. In 1995, they sold the show to the Japanese technology conglomerate Softbank Corp. In 2001, Softbank sold the show to Key3Media, a spin-off of Ziff Davis. After entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February 2003, Key3Media resurfaced as Medialive International with a cash infusion from Thomas Weisel Capital Partners, which had previously invested in the company. In November 2006, Forbes magazine reported that United Business Media PLC had purchased the events assets of MediaLive International Inc.