SEMA FEST

DANIEL RAMEY

changing venue location or deciding to switch up the schedule, events, or layout of the property. I mean after a decade of finally getting my bearings straight, I didn’t want to have to learn a new system to attend and have fun versus remain lost and overwhelmed like every newbie that attends.

As I adventured throughout the week, I really started to feel annoyed by my friends and staff that were hyperfocused on just attending the SEMA Show. Just like I made the same mistake during my first visit, I was all about the SHOW and didn’t get to experience the city. Every rookie makes the mistake to become overwhelmed with the show itself and never venture away from it. It really is a black hole of awesomeness that sucks you in. Like I said earlier however, SEMA has to be about the entire Vegas experience, not just what you see and do at the Convention Center. So I continued to encourage my fellow misfits to get their work done, skip out early, and join me as I adventured off to the Valley of Fire by renting Sling- shots, taking a tour of the Grand Canyon by helicopter, and running amuck on Fremont street finding hidden bars and the best foods that Vegas has to offer! It took some time, but the crew started to follow my lead and heed my warnings. I was hoping that SEMA would follow suit and somehow get the other show goers more involved with Vegas and everything around them.

Well, the day came and the SEMA Show made the big announcement. Starting in 2023, the SEMA Show will now be expanding to include not only the SEMA Show displays and events at the Convention Center, but they are adding scheduled events, displays, concerts, adventures, and get togethers throughout the ENTIRE city of Las Vegas for both SEMA Show goers and open to the public. The expansion will now be called SEMA FEST, a week long event that blends both auto enthusiasts and adventurers alike!

Let’s just say, hot damn! It is about time that SEMA made it official to include the entire city of Las Vegas and that they want to encourage a greater audience to become more involved with the auto world through other means.

One way or another, the 2023 SEMA Show to now include the launching of SEMA FEST will be off the hook! Las Vegas, you better get ready for STANG Magazine’s return because we are bringing the herd and we are running amuck!