Gary Shapiro is CEO of the Consumer Technology Association that hosts CES in Las Vegas.
Gary Shapiro is CEO of the Consumer Technology Association that hosts CES in Las Vegas.
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CES 2023 is targeting 100K attendees and millions of square feet of booths | Gary Shapiro

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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CES 2023 will have about 100,000 attendees, or more than double the number last year during the Omicron wave, according to the Consumer Technology Association.

Last year, tech’s biggest trade show was a disaster thanks to the Omicron wave. Only about 45,000 attendees showed up at CES 2022, far below the 171,268 that showed up at the previous physical event in early 2020. But for its next installment, the show could more than double 2022’s attendance, said Gary Shapiro, CEO of the CTA, which is hosting CES 2023 in Las Vegas in early January.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.