Since 208, the Las Vegas MICE industry has faced additional challenges in recent years. Despite the over-building that took place between 1997 and 2008, many hotels and resorts in Las Vegas, namely the Sands Expo and Convention Center, the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, Wynn Resorts, and the Marriott International Development, have planned to expand their convention facilities with an additional 6.65 million square feet in the next five years, (LVCVA, 2009).