Legal Battle Looms over Planned Las Vegas Fashion Expo Move.

Publication: Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV)

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Byline: Chris Jones

Mar. 31--One of Las Vegas' most popular trade shows is getting a new home.

Sort of.

And perhaps only if a judge says it's all OK.

Beginning in August, the Men's Apparel Guild in California trade show plans to consolidate its semiannual fashion extravaganza at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the show's top official said Tuesday.

While that move was welcomed by frequent show attendees, it also prompted a pending legal battle between the show's organizer, MAGIC International of Woodland Hills, Calif., and the parent company of Las Vegas' Sands Expo and Convention Center, which stands to lose its portion of MAGIC.

Sources close to the deal said both parties...

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