NAB Show, Mindful of Global Attacks, Adding Security for Las Vegas Venue

NAB will increase security at next week's NAB Show, it said in a news release Friday. NAB is “increasing security and law enforcement personnel around the exterior perimeter of the Las Vegas Convention Center and will establish designated building entry and exit points” for the April 16-21 event, though the release said ”there are no known threats to the convention.” An NAB spokesman said the extra security is appropriate “in light of recent incidences, both domestic and global.” The association had said it was considering extra security after the March 22 attacks on Brussels (see 1603220043). The convention security will work “in close consultation” with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, Department of Homeland Security, FBI and the Las Vegas Convention Center, the release said. The extra security measures announced for the NAB seem less sweeping than those at January CES, which imposed bag restrictions, stadium-style bag searches and the use of metal detectors and pat-downs at the show's various entrances after the Nov. 13 Paris attacks (see 1512180053).