Question of the Day - 03 April 2021

Although at least one major confab was announced for the new Caesars Forum Conference Center Las Vegas (the annual Star Trek Convention, last December), we don’t believe anything has come off yet and Caesars Entertainment was pretty tight-lipped with details, referring us to the official Forum website (which has a cool virtual tour and sizzle reels, but zero information on upcoming events). 

Yes, they do have pillar-less ballrooms, vast ones (110,000 square feet each, reputedly the largest in the world) and they're pretty amazing to see.

At 550,000 square feet in the aggregate, the Forum is now the fourth-largest of its ilk in Las Vegas, nudging aside Aria (500K square feet), but still well behind Michelob Ultra Event Center (1.8 million), Sands Expo Center (2.25 million), and the granddaddy of them all, the Las Vegas Convention Center (3.8 million after the latest expansion out to the Strip).

Further down the list are aging Cashman Center (480K square feet), MGM Grand Convention Center (380K square feet), Caesars Palace (300K square feet … yes, Caesars actually has a convention center), Wynn Las Vegas/Encore (260K square feet), the Westgate (200K square feet and the old home of the Star Trek expo), followed by Bally’s Las Vegas at a cozy 175,000 square feet. The Forum ought to be number five on the list, but Wynn has yet to open the 400,000-square-foot expansion of its exposition space, which will bump it up to 660K … leapfrogging the Forum, but still below the Big Three.

Niceties of The Forum include a 10,000-attendee capacity, 100-plus breakout rooms, executive boardrooms, and a 100K-square-foot outdoor plaza. It can be directly accessed from Harrah’s, the Linq, and Flamingo, making use of space formerly occupied by low-rent apartments and nestled into a curve of the Las Vegas Monorail behind the High Roller observation wheel.

Judging by pictures of the high-quality finishes and airy atriums in the Forum, the “wow” factor should be pretty lofty. But don’t take our word for it: Go to the Forum site and view the virtual tours. You’ll probably be pretty impressed. We were.