Wisconsin Fishing Expo 2025

Event Dates
2025-02-21 - 2025-02-23
Exhibitors
100
Floor Size
155000
Attendees
20000
Event contact title
Contact
Event contact first name
Don
Event contact last name
Kirby
Email
dkirby@bastdurbin.com
Event contact telephone number
920-413-0133
Description

Major in-person trade shows are challenging.  Why choose to spend your investment of marketing time & effort at the Wisconsin Fishing Expo?  Here’s just a few reasons:

  • A nearly 40-year track record of excellence in presentation for consumers, with a carefully curated mix of vendors, non-profit exhibitors, expert seminars and activities for kids. If you are selling products or services; we bring thousands of consumers to see/touch/BUY your offerings – something the Internet cannot offer.  The Expo offers the opportunity for you to personally CONNECT with a rabid audience of potential customers that we bring to your exhibit space.
  • More than 155,000 sq. ft. of prime exhibition space, with multiple easy accesses from Madison’s “beltway” highway, with ample parking (5800+ spots), chock-full with more than 350 booth spaces, and 32,000+ sq. ft of marine boat displays.  We sell out every year, without lowering our standards, and work a wait-list of vendors who want to join.
  • Our reputation with Wisconsin’s & northern Illinois’s customer bases, coupled with incredible marketing efforts ensure we routinely host 20,000 visitors to our Alliant Energy Center Expo Hall venue, for the annual three-day Expo event.
  • Our customer service focus with our vendor-partner family ensures you a smooth process from your first contact, through contract & deposit, all the way through the tear-down at the event’s end.  Easy on-line management of your exhibitor experience, paired with a real person on the phone when questions arise.
Partner Voices
MGM Resorts is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse culture, not just among employees and guests but also within its supply chain. The company prioritizes procuring goods and services from businesses owned by minorities, women, veterans, people with disabilities, LGBTQ individuals and those facing economic disadvantages. This commitment is integral to MGM Resorts' global procurement strategy.    Through its voluntary supplier diversity program, MGM Resorts actively identifies and connects certified diverse-owned suppliers to opportunities within its supply chain. The company is on track to spend at least 15% of its biddable procurement with diverse-owned businesses by 2025, demonstrating that supplier diversity is not only a social responsibility but also a strategic business imperative.    Supplier diversity isn’t just the right thing to do – it’s good for business. A diverse supply chain allows access to a broader range of perspectives and experience, helping to drive innovation, entrepreneurship and resilience, while strengthening communities. At MGM Resorts, engaging diverse suppliers ensures best-in-class experiences for guests and clients. Supplier diversity ensures a more resilient supply chain while supporting economic development in the communities in which it operates.   The impact of MGM Resorts' supplier diversity initiatives is significant. In 2023, these efforts supported over 3,500 jobs across more than 30 states, contributed over $214 million in income for diverse-owned businesses and generated more than $62 million in tax revenue. The story extends beyond the numbers – it reflects the tangible benefits brought to small and diverse-owned businesses, fostering economic empowerment in their communities.    MGM Resorts also supports the development and business skills of diverse-owned businesses through investment, mentorship and education. Through the MGM Resorts Supplier Diversity Mentorship Program, the company identifies, mentors and develops diverse-owned businesses to fill its future pipeline, while providing businesses with tools and resources to empower and uplift. Since 2017, the program has successfully graduated 105 diverse-owned businesses and is on track to achieve its goal of 150 graduates by 2025.     MGM Resorts’ commitment to supplier diversity not only enhances its business operations but also plays a crucial role in uplifting communities and fostering economic development. This approach reinforces the idea that diversity is a powerful driver of innovation and resilience, benefiting both the company and the wider community.