Editing COMDEX (section)

===Cities other than Las Vegas===
After the Spring 1981 show in [[New York City]] and 1982 in [[Atlantic City]], COMDEX began regular spring shows in [[Atlanta, Georgia]] from 1983 through 1988. Then alternated sites between Atlanta and [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]].  The final Atlanta Spring COMDEX was held in 1997; the last Spring COMDEX was planned for Chicago in April 2003 but cancelled.

The first COMDEX show outside the US was held in [[Amsterdam]] 1982. In the record years 1998 and 2000, 21 exhibitions were arranged yearly all over the world: Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and other parts of America. 69% of the 185 shows took place outside the US. Even when the US shows were cancelled, they kept on for a short time, e.g. [[Gothenburg]] and [[São Paulo]] 2004 and the last in [[Athens]] in November 2005. The decline occurred globally: the 2000 show in [[Basel]] with 1400 exhibitors drew 79000 attendees, but 2001 17% less.<ref>[http://www.netzwoche.ch/de-CH/News/2001/10/01/OrbitComdex-Von-beinahe-allem-weniger.aspx?agent=browser Report from COMDEX 2001 in Basel (de)]</ref>