Colorado seeks to retain Outdoor Retailer show

For nearly five years, Colorado has hosted the outdoor industry’s premier trade show.
But with rising costs and nagging COVID-19 concerns, the organizers of the $45-million Outdoor Retailer show are considering a move back to their previous homebase of Salt Lake City, Utah.
New York-based events company Emerald Expositions LLC opted in 2017 to bring the show to Denver in part due to Utah policy-makers’ decision to weaken protections for the Bears Ears National Monument.
“Our industry places a great deal of value — in fact, it’s a business input — on public lands protections,” said Lise Aangeenbrug, executive director of the…
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