Building to a big show

摘要

According to the National Association of Home Builders, a Washington, D.C., trade group that sponsors the show, a record 105,000 people packed Orlando's Orange County Convention Center dur-ing the four-day event. The show's 1,600 exhibitors, representing some of the biggest names in residential construction, took up more than 1.5 million square feet-of floor space in two convention halls — ensuring attendees had sore feet.