Representatives of the nation’s concrete industry need only take a quick look around to see how their craft is changing the Las Vegas skyline.

When the more than 60,000 industry leaders and executives arrive Tuesday at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the four-day World of Concrete trade show, they’ll be able to see why Southern Nevada is looking forward to the future.

The Las Vegas stadium. New convention facilities at Wynn Las Vegas, Caesars Entertainment’s Linq complex and the Las Vegas Convention Center. Resorts World Las Vegas. The MSG Sphere at The Venetian. Las Vegas Ballpark. The Raiders team headquarters and practice facility in Henderson.

All of them are in various stages of construction, and all of them are using or will use enormous volumes of concrete.

“Concrete continues to be a strategic material in infrastructure, including roads, bridges and waterworks,” said Steven Pomerantz, senior marketing manager for Informa Exhibitions, producers of World of Concrete. “Concrete provides an efficient, cost-effective construction material.”

And part of the educational component of the trade show, one of Southern Nevada’s annual beginning-of-the-year convention staples, will be to demonstrate the versatility of concrete to produce buildings that are as beautiful as they are functional.

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