World Market Center Las Vegas is an integrated home and hospitality contract furnishings showroom and trade complex in Las Vegas. When fully built, at 12 million square feet in 8 buildings, World Market Center will be the largest trade show complex in the world. The $3 billion, state-of-the-art campus will showcase furniture, decorative accessories, lighting, area rugs, home textile and related segments, as well as the Las Vegas Design Center (LVDC) open year-round to the trade. World Market Center produces the semi-annual Las Vegas Market, held every January and July, and is the fastest growing home furnishings trade show in the world. World Market Center is now leasing the third building to a broad cross-section of the home furnishings industry.

When completed in 2012, World Market Center will have more than 12 million square feet of state-of-the-art exhibit space in 8 buildings on 57 contiguous acres in downtown Las Vegas. All segments of the industry will be together on one mega-campus, making it the largest, most comprehensive, most accessible showroom and convention complex in the industry.

But the home furnishing industry doesn’t have to wait for completion in order to appreciate World Market Center’s many advantages. With the debut of Las Vegas Market in July of 2005, World Market Center gave the entire industry what they’d been asking for: a world-class Market with state-of-the-art facilities, exceptional market representation, ultra-convenience, easy access, cutting-edge technology and unprecedented amenities—all in a city with an unrivaled reputation for fun, excitement and hospitality. World Market Press Release

A few years ago I heard Mayor Oscar Goodman speak about making Las Vegas the center of the furniture universe. My first thought was "Whats wrong with being the entertainment capital of the universe?" We all know our recipe of fine dining, gambling and nightlife has paid off well over the last few decades. Mayor Goodman was a catalyst in the Las Vegas World Market Center and the Downtown Revitalization project.

Revitalization of Downtown has been a main priority for the self proclaimed "Happiest mayor in the universe." The World Market Center opportunity was seized, and has further developed the ailing downtown area which was in dire need of an image overhaul. When driving near downtown off of Interstate 15, you cannot ignore how the colossal nature of the project has impacted the Las Vegas landscape.

The World Market Center Las Vegas project has crossed the halfway marker and has been embraced by the World Furniture community.