Registration Roundup

The Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show, managed by Reed Exhibitions and owned by the Natl. Shooting Sports Foundation, set new records for attendance. Held Feb. 2-5 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, it attracted a total registered attendance of 58,769, up from last year's 42,216, a 39-percent increase.

A record 39,298 registered visitors (excluding exhibitors) were at the 2008 AHR Expo for air conditioning, refrigeration and heating, Jan. 22-24 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center of New York. There were 28,018 attendees at last year's event in Dallas. The highest previous attendance was at the 2003 show in Chicago (38,224).