The SEMA Show takes place November 2 - November 5, 2021 at the Las Vegas Convention Center located at 3150 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89109.
There is no other trade show where you can see thousands of product innovations from 1,300 new and iconic exhibitors, experience the latest product and custom vehicle trends, get access to 70+ free professional skill-enhancing education sessions and make career-changing connections with peers, leaders, and celebrities at the industry's most anticipated in-person networking event.
Las Vegas really is a strange place. Home to over half a million, yet host to tens of millions annually.
As such, it’s a bit like Waikiki, the famous beach in Hawaii’s island of Oahu that isn’t really a beach at all. Instead, it’s mostly concrete with several inches of beach-like material (I think it’s called sand) spread thinly over the top. Las Vegas is a bit the same, as if some maniac had read about a city and then decided to make the most city-like city they could. This isn’t to say Vegas doesn’t have any depth, because it really does. I spent a couple of summers in the city and became enamored by the great culture and ceaseless activity that exists outside the tourist traps.
But you just don’t get any of that if your visit is confined to a few days on The Strip. Everything on Las Vegas Boulevard has a bit of an artificial air, and I found the air itself painfully dry as I walked from my hotel to the Las Vegas Convention Center for my first day of the 2021 SEMA Show. It is a desert, after all.
In addition to the suspiciously-warm-for-winter temperature, I found myself a bit apprehensive as well, not sure if the SEMA turnout would be a disappointment compared to previous shows.
