The World’s New Home for Global Trade
A 10 million sq ft exhibition, showroom and live-marketing platform on 30 acres of the Las Vegas Strip, with Dubai alongside.
42M+
visitors to Las Vegas each year
8M+
of them travelling for business
27,000
hotel rooms within walking distance
10M sq ft
of exhibition, showroom and convention space
The future is here
Where global business meets world-class leisure
Las Vegas welcomes more than 42 million visitors a year, over 8 million of them on business, and hosts more than 50 major trade shows. But its exhibition space is ageing and at capacity, unable to change fast enough for companies in a digital economy. Expo City is built to meet and exceed those demands.
Ideal locations
At the crossroads of trade and tourism
Expo City™ in Las Vegas is designed for a central location on the world-famous Las Vegas Strip, with direct access to the Las Vegas Monorail station, a Las Vegas Loop tunnel connection to the Las Vegas Convention Center, and dedicated vehicular access from Las Vegas Boulevard. These connections put Expo City™ at the crossroads of tourism, hospitality and trade show venues in Las Vegas.
Expo City™ in Dubai is designed and slated for proximity to the premier trade and tourism venues in Dubai, with superior infrastructure, access to the Monorail and the substantial infrastructure that will support the future of trade and permanent showroom exhibition in Dubai in the 21st century.
Integrated ecosystem
Everything under one roof
Expo City™ Las Vegas is designed with global organizers and brands in mind. It features every key type of space and amenity that 21st-century companies need to launch, exhibit, market and sell their latest products, and to network, meet, host or entertain clients and consumers.
Expo City™ isn’t just a building; it’s a platform for creating interactive experiences that push the boundaries of the imaginable. All of this is connected to the Las Vegas Convention Center and monorail station by a pedestrian sky bridge, and served by the hospitality venues of the world-famous Las Vegas Strip.
Seven kinds of space, one address
Each space is designed for a different way of meeting buyers, launching products or hosting clients.
Expo Coliseum & Halls
2M+ sq ft
Expo Showrooms
1.6M sq ft
Expo Showcases
400,000 sq ft
Corporate Pavilions
1.1M sq ft
Meeting Suites
350,000 sq ft
Hospitality Suites
100,000 sq ft
Corporate Residences
1,000+ sq ft each
A permanent world’s fair
Expo City Showcases are more than 400,000 sq ft of premium permanent space where brands create marketing experiences for the 40 million business and tourist visitors to Las Vegas. A setting built for experimentation, play and wonder, they bring existing products together with emerging technology in a mix that creates continuous business development, measurable brand engagement and a tourist destination.
A dedicated entry off Las Vegas Boulevard gives millions of tourists easy access to the Showcases and other amenities, making Expo City a must-see destination in Las Vegas.
Digitally enabled
Future-proof, plug-and-play digital infrastructure
The whole complex runs on modular, extensible digital infrastructure, so brands can build digital experiences, buyers get high-touch services, and the building generates rich data intelligence. Every visitor gets a blend of digital and physical that exists nowhere else.
Over 35 years in B2B and B2C
1989
Triple Five International begins developing Mall of America, the largest B2C destination in the US
2005
World Market Center opens in Las Vegas: 5.5 million sq ft of B2B showrooms
2011
International Market Centers, with Oaktree and Bain Capital, acquires WMC and High Point
2017
IMC, a 12 million sq ft platform, is sold to Blackstone
Shawn Samson, Founder, Co-Chairman and CEO of Expo City, was President of Triple Five International, which starting in 1989 developed and operates the Mall of America, the largest B2C destination in the US, with more than 40 million visits a year.
He was also a co-founder, co-developer and Managing Partner of World Market Center (WMC), launched in Las Vegas in 2005. At more than 5.5 million sq ft of B2B showrooms for the home furnishings, home décor and gift industries, it is the largest trade show venue in Las Vegas.
He was also a co-founder of International Market Centers (IMC), which in 2011, along with Oaktree Capital and Bain Capital, acquired WMC and the key showroom properties in High Point, NC. At a combined 12 million sq ft, it is the largest trade show platform in the US for the home furnishings industry. In 2017, the partnership successfully sold IMC to Blackstone Capital.
Backed by global capital
Expo City’s global financing sources have included the private equity firm Oaktree Capital and John Brady, Oaktree’s former global head of the Real Estate Opportunities Group for 18 years.
Shawn Samson and John Brady have collaborated for more than 20 years on projects and private equity transactions. Under John’s leadership, Oaktree invested in World Market Center and International Market Centers, projects co-founded by Shawn, which their partnership sold to Blackstone in 2017. In 2025, John Brady formed a new global investment firm, Covenant United Partners (CUP). Sharing Shawn’s vision for over 20 years, John is now Co-Chairman of Expo City and has made a significant investment commitment to Expo City’s development and global expansion.
Shawn Samson
Founder, Co-Chairman & CEO
Former President of Triple Five International; co-founder of World Market Center and International Market Centers.
John Brady
Co-Chairman
Founder of Covenant United Partners; former global head of Oaktree’s Real Estate Opportunities Group.
Multi-phase development
Expo City Las Vegas is slated to be developed in multiple phases. We are working with the leading global organizers and brands to develop “first in” packages that provide them with the economics, space customization and specifications that fit both their immediate and long-term needs. We are committed to creating a unique package on this unprecedented platform for your global exhibition and marketing success.
Dubai, Las Vegas, Shanghai, New York and Miami
Expo City is a global experiential marketing and exhibition platform. We have chosen key locations around the world near dense urban areas with fast-growing populations, significant consumer and business tourism, and a robust trade show industry. Expo City has been planned in Las Vegas and Dubai on highly desirable sites with access to major trade and tourism venues. Charter brand partners and show organizers in these cities will be given preferred status for opportunities in Shanghai, New York, Miami and other future locations.
Las Vegas
Planned
Dubai
Planned
Shanghai
Future location
New York
Future location
Miami
Future location
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Expo City is now leasing. Tell us what you need and our team will put together rates, terms and a long-term package for your company.