Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. Carolee Anita Boyles Fast-Growing Show Shatters Records, Celebrates Industry! Vegas is the addition of huge sprung structures adjacent to the convention center. This will provide space for about 650 exhibitors. “We’ve had to add these sprung structures just to accommodate the tremendous demand for exhibit space,” Painter said. “In hunting parlance, we’ve gone from the pup tent we had in 2006 in Las Vegas to an outfitter’s tent.” The total size of the sprung structure — which officials have dubbed the “Gold Hall” — is 250,000 square feet. Actual exhibit space within the Gold Hall will be around 125,000 square feet. “The Gold Hall will be set up across Paradise Road in the Gold Parking Lot,” Mannuzza said. “There’s a sky bridge across to it at the end of North Hall. We’ll also have shuttle buses going back and forth all day and shuttles will pick up at the beginning and the end of each day. The Gold Hall will be a stop on the hotel shuttle bus route. There will be a lot of outside exhibits, a big food court and a dining tent. It’s almost self-contained.” Win Prizes For Being There N SSF is holding a number of daily raffles during the show, with prizes ranging from commemorative decks of cards to firearms and a “Hunt of a Lifetime.” The “Go for the Gold” raffle, which is open to anyone attending the show — exhibitors, buyers and media — is sponsored by the Outdoor Channel and will be held in the Gold Hall. “The purpose of doing it there is to draw traffic into the Gold Hall,” Mannuzza said. “You get a chance every day to play a free game of Blackjack. If you beat the dealer, you win a commemorative 30th anniversary deck of playing cards.” If you beat the dealer with Blackjack, you receive the deck of playing cards and a 30th anniversary camouflage backpack. “That will be going on throughout the show,” Mannuzza said. “At the end of the show, we’re raffling off a 50-inch high-definition TV, donated by the Outdoor Channel.” “The Last Blast” is for attendees — buyers only — who attend the show on the last day, Tuesday, Feb. 5. To enter, buyers must have their badges scanned on the last day between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. in Central Lobby. “Once your badge is scanned, you’re entered. You don’t have to be present to win. Then, at 2 p.m. at the ‘Go for the Gold’ booth in the Gold Hall, we’ll do the drawing,” Mannuzza said. “The Last Blast” prizes include a “high-end firearm,” other firearms, a $1,500 Leupold scope, a sterling silver Leatherman tool in honor of Leatherman’s 25th anniversary and a Hunt of a Lifetime. “There’s also a complete 2009 SHOT Show package, which includes hotel, airfare and the State of the Industry Gala,” Mannuzza said. “The Grand Prize is a Yamaha Rhino 4x4 that’s worth in excess of $13,000.” 45 SHOT SHOW EXTRA SUPER ISSUE 2008 • www.shootingindustry.com Las Vegas News Bureau