Amusement Expo is an annual
convention
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* Convention (norm), a custom or tradition, a standard of presentation or conduct
** Treaty, an agreement in international law
* Convention (meeting), meeting of a (usually large) group of individuals and/or companies in a ...
featuring and showcasing
vendors, developers and businesses having to do with
coin activated amusements such as
video arcade
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machines, electro-mechanical games, ticket/redemption
skill and
chance game
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s, and
jukeboxes. The show is held annually in March at the
Las Vegas Convention Center.
History
The history of the Amusement Expo can be traced back to March 1980 when ''
Play Meter'' magazine founder, Ralph Lally established the industry's first spring trade show, the Amusement Operators Expo (AOE). The AOE ran for five years before merging with the Amusement Showcase International (ASI)–a spring trade show run by the
American Amusement Machine Association
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(AAMA) in 1986. The AOE-ASI merger was renamed the American Coin Machine Exposition (ACME) and operated under this name for ten years. In 1997 the ACME was again renamed as the Amusement Showcase International (ASI)–a name that was used from 1997 to 2009. In 2009, ASI merged with a show held by the Amusement & Music Operators Association (AMOA) and become the Amusement Expo.
[Staff. "40 Years of Play Meter". '' Play Meter''. Vol.40, No.12. Pp.28-44. December 2014. .]
References
Annual events in Nevada
Trade shows in the United States
Video game trade shows
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