G2E annually welcomes 26,000 visitors, but this year the fair had an unexpected start that hasn’t ever seen before with 58 deaths and at least 515 people injured.
Start that has all the casinos in Las Vegas maximizing their security procedures with help of FBI and POLICE, having special spaces where people can donate blood, eventualities that had not seen before in the history of Las Vegas.
This after gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Strip casino unleashed a shower of bullets on an outdoor country music festival below, under some 22,000 concertgoers who screamed and ran for their lives. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. (READ SO: CASINO ROBBERIES, SUSPECTS ARRESTED AFTER 3 IN A ROW)
SWAT officers using explosives stormed the gunman's hotel room at Mandalay Bay and found he had killed himself, police said. Authorities identified him as Stephen Craig Paddock, 64 years old, born in Mesquite, Nevada.
Police found 10 rifles in the hotel room where Paddock, who didn't have a criminal history, had been staying since Thursday, police said.
The Global Gaming Expo (G2E) opens their gates, as planned, today. The AGA and Reed Exhibitions will be in constant contact with local and national law enforcement and Las Vegas Sands casino.
All of them are closely monitor the situation and safety remains as a priority.
