Executives of the Anaheim Convention Center found out the hard way what can happen to convention business during a building renovation.
The convention center was preparing to start a major renovation in 1990, and executives of the Men’s Apparel Guild in California, known for its MAGIC fashion trade show, decided to temporarily move the event from Anaheim to Las Vegas.
Since its first appearance in Las Vegas in 1989, MAGIC has never returned to Southern California. It now hosts two shows a year at the Las Vegas Convention Center, and among Las Vegas conventions, it ranks in the top five based on attendance numbers.
