The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is a massive annual event where some of the most transformative technology makers and innovators show off their latest and greatest releases. The show began in 1967 in New York City as a bi-annual event until the late 1990s. In recent years, the formerly transient show has settled into Las Vegas as its home, typically at the Las Vegas Convention Center and other nearby hotels.
The only gap in the long-running string of shows happened during the COVID-19 pandemic, as CES 2021 was held as an exclusively digital event for the first time in its history. CES 2020 happened just weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world and was a successful event with about 140,000 attendees.
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The event returned to in-person status in 2022, but concerns over surging COVID-19 infection rates led many exhibitors to cancel, and the show ended one day earlier than initially planned. CES 2022 hosted only 45,000 attendees, a stark contrast from pre-pandemic times.
In 2023, CES was once again at full, in-person capacity, housing major reveals from companies like Samsung, Acer, Asus, HTC, Lenovo, and more. CES 2023 included about 115,000 attendees and vendors from 174 countries spread across 41 separate technology areas.
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) expects to host about 130,000 people for CES 2024.
