The city convention center is moving forward with events, forecasting tourism revenues could recover to pre-pandemic levels by 2023.
In the crowds of camouflage, cowboy hats and boots shuffling between vendor tables, few attendees opted to wear masks besides convention center staff. Signs placed around the venue by the convention center encourage masking and social distancing.
“I’ve done the show circuit, I’ve done the gallery thing. ... I’ve tried to do online. I work all of them, and I get by. You take away one of those elements and I don’t get by anymore,” Gibby said. Raymond Gibby of Utah works on a sculpture as people browse the Southwest Gallery booth during the Dallas Safari Club Convention and Sporting Expo at Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center on Friday.The events industry and tourist revenues tanked at the start of the pandemic, and various stakeholders have been working to get business back off the ground since 2020, when hotel occupancy bottomed out.
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