WHO MEETS IN LOS ANGELES?

The 10 largest conventions in Los Angeles, as listed by the Greater Los Angeles Visitors and Convention Bureau. 1986

Attendees Group 50,000 WESTEC (Western Metal and Tool Conference) 40,000 MAGIC (Men’s Apparel Guild in California) 39,000 California Gift Show 25,000 Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Shriners) 15,000 Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks 11,730 Water Pollution Control Federation 10,775 American Society for Clinical Oncology 4,700 American Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 4,600 Government Finance Officers 4,000 American Society of Petroleum Engineers

Attendees Headquarters Month 50,000 Convention Center March 40,000 Convention Center February 39,000 Convention Center January 25,000 Bonaventure Hotel June 15,000 Bonaventure Hotel August 11,730 Convention Center October 10,775 Convention Center May 4,700 Convention Center October 4,600 Bonaventure Hotel June 4,000 Bonaventure Hotel March

1987

Attendees Group 50,000 WESTEC (Western Metal and Tool Conference) 50,000 Western Restaurant Convention and Exposition 40,000 MAGIC (Men’s Apparal Guild in California) 39,000 California Gift Show 13,000 National Education Assn. 10,000 Specialty Advertising Assn. 8,500 Motion Picture and Television Engineers 7,000 Pentacostal Assemblies of the World 4,700 American Assn. of Petroleum Geologists 4,500 National Council Teachers of English

Attendees Headquarters Month 50,000 Convention Center March 50,000 Convention Center August 40,000 Convention Center February 39,000 Convention Center January 13,000 Convention Center July 10,000 Convention Center May 8,500 Convention Center October 7,000 Bonaventure Hotel July 4,700 Convention Center June 4,500 Convention Center November