{"id":1009,"date":"2023-02-15T13:04:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T13:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gioconews.it\/eng\/ice-london-sets-new-record-as-attendance-tops-40000\/"},"modified":"2023-02-15T13:04:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T13:04:27","slug":"ice-london-sets-new-record-as-attendance-tops-40000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gioconews.it\/eng\/events\/ice-london-sets-new-record-as-attendance-tops-40000.aspx","title":{"rendered":"Ice London sets new record as attendance tops 40,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ice &nbsp;London 2023 has set a new attendance record. Outline figures which remain subject to independent audit confirm that<strong> last week&rsquo;s celebration of the international gaming industry was shared by over 40,000 unique attendees <\/strong>&ndash; the first time the show has broken through the symbolic figure. The total compares to the 36,000 who attended Ice &nbsp;2020 &ndash; the last edition of Ice &nbsp;pre-pandemic &ndash; and the 24,000 who participated in the scaled down edition of the show which was staged april 2022.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stuart Hunter, managing director of Clarion gaming stated:<\/strong> &ldquo;It&rsquo;s very important to stress that the data is subject to independent verification however we are confident that Ice&nbsp;has broken through the 40,000 high point and in the process set a new attendance record for a show which in its original format dates back to the 1930&rsquo;s. Furthermore,<strong> the number of visitor days which measures return visits, stands at 79,000.<\/strong> Clearly these are really significant numbers and I believe they reflect the huge importance and value that visitors attach to their Ice experience.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &ldquo;<strong>From a sector perspective we know that 50 percent of Ice 2023 attendees operate in both land-based and online with 50 percent online only.<\/strong> Casino and games was the primary area of operation for 20,000 attendees, with 13,000 focussed on sports betting.<strong> The growing importance of payments was evident with 5,000 attendees citing it as their main focus and reason for attending<\/strong>. Additional stand-outs include an overwhelmingly positive response to Ice Vox which sold-out for the first time. &nbsp;2024 will see further expansion of this important area to facilitate increased content and capacity. Significantly more than 80 percent of available stand space for the 2024 edition was re-booked by 16.00hrs on thursday.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ice &nbsp;London 2023 has set a new attendance record. 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