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Opening Night of TRAFFIC Conference — Scenes from

TRAFFIC gets underway in Las Vegas.

I woke up this morning to a beautiful view of snow capped mountains from my hotel room at the Hard Rock. It’s beautiful today, but yesterday was one of those freak weather days in Las Vegas where it rained. That spelled trouble for airlines, and I ended up arriving following most of yesterday’s opening sessions at TRAFFIC.

But the people who attended the networking sessions stated they got a lot out of them, and it certainly jump started the tone for the entire conference.

I made it here in time for the opening night cocktail party at Wasted Space, a club inside the Hard Rock Hotel. The highlight of the evening was a jam session from David Castello, which you can see part of in the video below. The lighting in Wasted Space was dark, so sorry regarding the picture quality.

Stay tuned throughout the day for more updates from TRAFFIC in Las Vegas.

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