Reed Exhibitions, organisers of the National Hardware Show in Las Vegas from 10 to 12 May 2004, are expecting to exceed the exhibitor numbers and space of the last fair held in August 2003. On that occasion there were 1 969 exhibitors represented on a total exhibition space of 43 000 m² in Chicago. For the event this coming May, 1 757 exhibitors had already booked just under 38 000 m² by the middle of January.