North America
Elon Musk’s
company to work
on high-speed
transport system
for Las Vegas
he Las Vegas Convention
Former FBI agent to head
San Diego CC security
and beyond.
LVCVA President and CEO Steve
Hill said: “Our destination thrives on
innovation and reinvention and The
Boring Company’s concept allows us The San Diego Convention Center Corporation
to continue providing the world-class has appointed an ex-FBI special agent to head
experience our guests and clients have its security team.
Todd Temple started with the Convention
come to expect and move people in an
efficient and cost-effective manner with Center as the Director of Public Safety and
advanced technology.” Guest Services on 2 April and replaces Josh
Layne, who has left after 12 years of service.
Currently in the midst of an expansion,
and Visitors Authority the Convention Center will span 200 (LVCVA) has recommended acres when complete in time for CES Special Event Coordinator of the FBI’s San
The Boring Company
Temple worked as Crisis Management and
(Consumer Electronics Show) in 2021. Diego Field Office. During his 22-year FBI
(TBC), founded by Elon Musk, to design, A new transport solution is needed on career, he served as a Supervisory Special
construct and operate a people mover the site, as delegates walking the facility Agent (SSA) of the San Diego Division’s Joint
for the Las Vegas Convention Center via currently log, on average, two miles from Terrorism Task Force and the Division’s Critical
a loop of underground express-route end-to-end. Incident Response Team.
tunnels that could carry passengers in
Temple was also responsible for FBI
“We are excited to work with the
autonomous electric vehicles at high LVCVA to provide a world-class mass response capability for large-scale special
speeds. transit system in Las Vegas,” said Steve events in the City of San Diego, including
Davis, President, The Boring Company. Comic-Con International, the 2016 MLB All-Star
Downtown, the Las Vegas Convention “Upon approval, it can be in use by Las Game, 2017 Breeder’s Cup, San Diego County
Center, the Las Vegas Boulevard Resort Vegas Convention Center guests within Fair and the Miramar Air Show.
Corridor, McCarran International Airport one year.”
The project has the potential to connect
UK insurance product
launches Stateside
InEvexco, a UK-based events industry
insurance specialist, has joined forces
with US-based event professionals, BUA
Insurance, to offer its Exhibitor Insurance
Program in the US.
InEvexco and BUA also partnered with
SISO, the Society of Independent Show
Organisers, in time for SISO’s CEO Summit
Photos,
courtesy
The new Exhibitor Insurance Program’s
The Boring benefits include, for exhibitors:
Company, • Cancellation Expenses – US$20,000 – for
show reasons beyond their control, protection of
conceptual expenses (airfare, hotel, booth fee, etc.)
designs of • Protection for property in transit and in
the proposed booth – $20,000
Las Vegas • General liability – $1,000,000.
Convention
Center Loop
and the
w w w.exhibitionworld.co.uk
(24-27 March) in Miami, Florida.
In the UK this year 80,000 exhibitors have
participated in the programme.
SISO’s Executive Direcctor David Audrain
Las Vegas welcomed the opportunity to offer member
Convention companies a new service. “This program,”
Center he said, “has proven itself already in the UK
Expansion and we look forward to making it available
construction. to organisers in the USA.”
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