Las Vegas hosts its first big convention since the pandemic. It better go well.

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 10:46 PM
  • Matt Levin, Marketplace

Sean Sheehan has been to World of Concrete so many times, he can’t remember if this is his eighth or ninth time attending the construction industry’s huge annual trade show.

Sheehan is the northeast regional sales manager for Husqvarna Construction — a division of the Swedish power tools giant, which manufactures a range of equipment that cuts through concrete, asphalt and rebar.

“It’s our Super Bowl or World Series of events every year,” he said.

But as we made our way into the Las Vegas Convention Center, a day before the convention officially began, it felt less like the Super Bowl and more like a preseason exhibition game.