CES 2021 going digital, will not return to Las Vegas next year

The world's largest consumer electronic show, CES, will not be returning to Las Vegas in January 2021.

The annual convention brings more than 150,000 people and hundreds of millions of dollars to the Las Vegas valley every year.

VEGAS.INSTEAD - THE CONVENTION WILLBE VIRTUAL.13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER SEANDELANCEY IS LIVE NEAR THE STRIPTO EXPLAIN HOW BIG OF AN IMPACTTHIS WILL HAVE-- SEAN?ROSS - - IT'S VERY BIG.THE HITS JUST KEEP COMING - -AND THIS MORNING'S ANNOUNCEMENTTHAT C- E-S IS NOT COMING TOLAS VEGAS IN JANUARY IS ONE OFTHE BIGGEST.IN NORMAL YEARS - - THECONVENTION BRINGS NEARLY TWOHUNDRED THOUSAND TECH BUFFS TOTHE LAS VEGAS CONVENTION CENTERAND SURROUNDING AREAS - -PUMPING ROUGHLY A QUARTERBILLION DOLLARS INTO THEECONOMY HERE.IT'S THE LARGEST CONVENTION INTHE WORLD.THE CONSUMER TECHNOLOGYASSOCIATION - WHICH RUNS C-E-S- - RELEASED A STATEMENT THISMORNING SAYING IT JUST ISN'TPOSSIBLE TO BRING THAT MANYPEOPLE TOGETHER SAFELY.INSTEAD - LIKE MANY OTHERCONVENTIONS - - C-E-S IS GOINGDIGITAL.13 ACTION NEWS FINANCIALANALYST JASON BAUCOM WITH THEBUDIN GROUP SAYS THISCANCELLATION - - JUST STACKSONTO OTHER FINANCIAL BLOWSALREADY HURTING NEVADA'SECONOMY."OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS, SIXTO EIGHT MONTHS, THAT'S ABOUTA HALF BILLION DOLLAR IMPACTJUST IN TWO EVENTS BY NOTHAVING THE NFL DRAFT AND NOTHAVING THIS CONVENTION THAT'SGOING TO BRING UP TO 200,000PEOPLE."THE LAS VEGAS CONVENTION ANDVISITOR'S AUTHORITY ALSORELEASED A STATEMENT THISMORNING IN RESPONSE TO THISANNOUNCEMENT.IN IT - L-V-C-V-A ACKNOWLEDGESTHE DECISION TO CANCEL THEIN-PERSON CONVENTION HAD TO BEDIFFICULT FOR C-T-A LEADERSHIP- - AND SAID IT ISDISSAPOINTING THAT C-E-S WILLNOT BE THE FIRST EVENT HELD ATTHE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR WESTHALL EXPANSION AT THECONVENTION CENTER AS EXPECTED.THE ONE - POTENTIAL SILVERLINING HERE - - C-T-ALEADERSHIP SAY THEY DO PLAN ONRETURNING TO LAS VEGAS FORC-E-S - - IN 2022.SEAN DELANCEY - - 13 ACTIONNEWS.RIGHT NOW...THE AIRPORT CONNECTOR RAMP AT -