Visit Salt Lake, the nonprofit corporation tasked with the promotion of the Salt Lake City area as a convention and tourism destination, has announced that it booked 51 meetings, athletic events and conventions during the second quarter of 2019. The organization said the events will collectively attract more than 218,000 attendees who will spend approximately $202 million while visiting the area.
Among the largest and most notable of the bookings are:
FOCUS, a Colorado-based Catholic collegiate outreach program’s SEEK event will attract more than 15,000 attendees who’ll spend about $14 million, meeting at the Salt Palace Convention Center at the end of 2021.
A Pediatric Academic Societies meeting will bring approximately 8,400 pediatric researchers, leaders in pediatric academics, clinical care providers and community practitioners to the Salt Palace next year.
The Western Hunting & Conservation Expo is returning to the Salt Palace Convention Center during February 2021 and will attract approximately 8,000.
The RootsTech conference, believed to be the world’s largest family history technology conference, is expected to attract an estimated 27,000 attendees to the Salt Palace in February 2020.
Jam On It selected the Mountain America Expo Center for its three basketball events (the Memorial Showdown, Big Mountain Jam and Rocky Mountain Showcase) during June of 2020. Collectively, these three events will bring nearly 19,000 athletes, coaches and family members to the area.
Vasayo, a Utah-based company that produces and sells healthcare products through a direct-sell model, will hold its Vasayo 2020 International at the Salt Palace. The event attracted 1,500 attendees who spent nearly $1.5 million while in the community last time they were here.
Educational Testing Services, a New Jersey-based nonprofit organization, is bringing its Advanced Placement Readings event with about 3,300 attendees to the Salt Palace in 2021.
USA BMX, the national governing body for the sport of BMX, will host more that 2,000 athletes for a 2020 Olympics qualifying event at Salt Lake’s Rad Canyon BMX facility.
Local heathcare products company Yoli is holding its 2020 annual meeting in August at the Mountain American Expo Center.
The American Association of Airport Executives will hold its Design and Construction Symposium with 1,200 people at the Salt Palace in February 2021.
Visit Salt Lake also booked a number of events during the second quarter of 2019 that have already occurred or will happen soon, the agency said.