F E A R L Y R E G I S T R A T I O N N U M B E R S A R E A N Y S I G N ,
attendance at RECon 2016 appears set to exceed last year's level signifi-
cantly. By late February preregistration was up more than 27 percent over
that of the comparable time last year.
Some 36,000 people attended RECon last year, up from nearly 34,000 in 2014,
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marking steady growth since the end of the recession. RECon 2015 brought together
nearly 1,150 exhibitors, and organizers are expecting no fewer at this year's show,
which runs May 22–25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center and the Westgate Las Ve-
gas Hotel. Roughly a dozen of this year's exhibitors hail from outside the U.S. Some
80 public-sector exhibitors will also take booths.
"These numbers underscore not just the continued growth of the economy, but the
importance of our industry to that economy, and to the communities it serves," said