When I think of how big and complex our industry is, I see it most reflected in the limited number of places the refrigeration shows I have attended can be held.
For example, the National Restaurant Association show with some 2,000 exhibitors is always in Chicago. The Food Marketing Institute Expo — which once was larger, but still is big — has hovered between Las Vegas and Chicago in recent years. And the Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigerating Exposition pretty much has moved between Las Vegas, Dallas, Orlando, New York City, and Chicago — with Chicago every third year — because those large cities have big convention centers and lots of hotel rooms.