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Once high-flying Comdex show has come in for rough landing. Whil...

Once high-flying Comdex show has come in for rough landing. While attendance is expected to hold its own compared with 2001 event at 125,000, that’s down from peak of 225,000 during height of Internet boom in late 1990s. Number…

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of exhibitors has shrunk to 1,100 from 1,685 year ago as many companies shifted to hotel suites and Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) meeting rooms off main exhibit floor. This year’s show covers about 500,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space, less than 50% of LVCC’s capacity, or half of space Comdex occupied in 2000 and about half of that projected by CEA for Jan. CES.