Barry Lee Hands
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
~~The Gun Engravers Show 2016
The Board of Directors of FEGA and I are pleased to announce some really exciting news-
The Westgate Resort and Casino will be the venue for our future Gun Engraver shows.
We have agreements with the Beinfeld / Antique arms shows to be with them in 2016 on January 21, 22, 23, 24, & 25, 2016 for our 35th anniversary Gun Engravers Show at the Westgate and in the future we have plans through 2017, 2018 and 2019. The Westgate Resort and Casino is the former Las Vegas Hilton. The Westgate is located behind the Riviera and next to the Las Vegas Convention Center. It is connected to the strip by a monorail.
The Westgate is an historic venue.
In the 70’s for months at a time Elvis Presley lived in the penthouse and played 636 consecutive sold-out shows at the International and Las Vegas Hilton from July 1969 through December 1976.
http://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-re...-shows-vegas-/
While Elvis’s needs may have been different from FEGA’s, it will be a very comfy venue for the Gun Engravers Show.
The Westgate convention center has the Paradise event center of 70,000 square feet, the Pavilion of 43,130 square feet, and a Ballroom of 35,000 square feet. This will give The Gun Engravers Show and The Antique Arms Show the opportunity to expand and continue to improve the quality of the show in 2017 and beyond.
Since I moved to Las Vegas , the Westgate has been my favorite Hotel for friends, family and business associates when they are in town, I even go stay there on weekends occasionally to relax and enjoy the pool and facilities.
The rooms are reasonably priced, and good sized, and my favorites are actually the least expensive, and the entire Hotel is being upgraded one floor at a time.
For 2016, we will have six foot tables, mainly due to the Westgate ‘s previous space commitments to other events which will be in the building. In 2017 and beyond, the Beinfeld group has informed me we will go back to eight foot tables.
In any event, 2016 will be tight. We will have sixty tables, including FEGA tables, and they will be closer together.
The table price in The Gun Engravers show will remain at $375. The Banquet tickets are be $68.
You may go to www.fega.com to order tables and tickets, as they are available now.
The site is still being updated today by Bill Gamradt as to the schedule and location, but all the links to buy tables and banquet tickets are valid. The dates are January 21, 22, 23, & 24, 2016.
Here is the show schedule as it appears today, small updates may occur, we will keep you posted.
Firearms Engravers Guild of America 2016 Gun Show Schedule
Thurs. Jan 21
12-6pm Exhibitor packet pickup at front registration desk
8-10 am FEGA BOD meeting
7pm Exhibitor set-up
Fri. Jan 22
Show opens to Exhibitors 8-6 public 9-5 (Honored guests 8am)
11:00am FEGA Master Engraver Judging
12:00 FEGA Awards Judging
6-10pm Members welcome reception
Sat. Jan 23
7-9am FEGA Annual Meeting
Show opens to Exhibitors 8-6 Public 9-5 (Honored guests 8am)
American Engravers III book signing 2pm-4pm
6pm Annual Banquet & Auction
Sun. Jan 24
7-9am FEGA BOD meeting
Show opens to Exhibitors 8-6 Public 9-2pm
2pm Exhibitor take down
Mon. Jan 25
Free Seminars 8am
12-1 Break for Lunch
1pm- onward- show & tell sessions
Our room block code will be announced in a few weeks, it is important to book through the roomblock,
As it gives us more wait with the hotel when they can see the numbers,so please use it when available.
The 35th anniversary Gun Engravers Show 2016 will make this the best year for FEGA yet, and I will-
See you in LAS VEGAS !!!
The Board of Directors of FEGA and I are pleased to announce some really exciting news-
The Westgate Resort and Casino will be the venue for our future Gun Engraver shows.
We have agreements with the Beinfeld / Antique arms shows to be with them in 2016 on January 21, 22, 23, 24, & 25, 2016 for our 35th anniversary Gun Engravers Show at the Westgate and in the future we have plans through 2017, 2018 and 2019. The Westgate Resort and Casino is the former Las Vegas Hilton. The Westgate is located behind the Riviera and next to the Las Vegas Convention Center. It is connected to the strip by a monorail.
The Westgate is an historic venue.
In the 70’s for months at a time Elvis Presley lived in the penthouse and played 636 consecutive sold-out shows at the International and Las Vegas Hilton from July 1969 through December 1976.
http://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-re...-shows-vegas-/
While Elvis’s needs may have been different from FEGA’s, it will be a very comfy venue for the Gun Engravers Show.
The Westgate convention center has the Paradise event center of 70,000 square feet, the Pavilion of 43,130 square feet, and a Ballroom of 35,000 square feet. This will give The Gun Engravers Show and The Antique Arms Show the opportunity to expand and continue to improve the quality of the show in 2017 and beyond.
Since I moved to Las Vegas , the Westgate has been my favorite Hotel for friends, family and business associates when they are in town, I even go stay there on weekends occasionally to relax and enjoy the pool and facilities.
The rooms are reasonably priced, and good sized, and my favorites are actually the least expensive, and the entire Hotel is being upgraded one floor at a time.
For 2016, we will have six foot tables, mainly due to the Westgate ‘s previous space commitments to other events which will be in the building. In 2017 and beyond, the Beinfeld group has informed me we will go back to eight foot tables.
In any event, 2016 will be tight. We will have sixty tables, including FEGA tables, and they will be closer together.
The table price in The Gun Engravers show will remain at $375. The Banquet tickets are be $68.
You may go to www.fega.com to order tables and tickets, as they are available now.
The site is still being updated today by Bill Gamradt as to the schedule and location, but all the links to buy tables and banquet tickets are valid. The dates are January 21, 22, 23, & 24, 2016.
Here is the show schedule as it appears today, small updates may occur, we will keep you posted.
Firearms Engravers Guild of America 2016 Gun Show Schedule
Thurs. Jan 21
12-6pm Exhibitor packet pickup at front registration desk
8-10 am FEGA BOD meeting
7pm Exhibitor set-up
Fri. Jan 22
Show opens to Exhibitors 8-6 public 9-5 (Honored guests 8am)
11:00am FEGA Master Engraver Judging
12:00 FEGA Awards Judging
6-10pm Members welcome reception
Sat. Jan 23
7-9am FEGA Annual Meeting
Show opens to Exhibitors 8-6 Public 9-5 (Honored guests 8am)
American Engravers III book signing 2pm-4pm
6pm Annual Banquet & Auction
Sun. Jan 24
7-9am FEGA BOD meeting
Show opens to Exhibitors 8-6 Public 9-2pm
2pm Exhibitor take down
Mon. Jan 25
Free Seminars 8am
12-1 Break for Lunch
1pm- onward- show & tell sessions
Our room block code will be announced in a few weeks, it is important to book through the roomblock,
As it gives us more wait with the hotel when they can see the numbers,so please use it when available.
The 35th anniversary Gun Engravers Show 2016 will make this the best year for FEGA yet, and I will-
See you in LAS VEGAS !!!
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