#MandalayBay convention center checking bags, then people with hand-held metal detectors for BarrettJackson car show. Attendees are then checked by Mandalay Bay guards holding metal detectors, a new practice. has a working relationship with both Barrett-Jackson and the Mandalay Bay that extends over several years.Īttendees visiting the Barrett-Jackson show must first have their bags checked, a practice that had previously been in place for the car show. Security, an Arizona-headquartered security company with an office in Las Vegas, is helping check bags and patrol the show. “We added some additional measures for the safety of our guests here,’’ Robert Desimone, a spokesman for Barrett-Jackson, said Thursday. Visitors attending the Barrett-Jackson automobile auction at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center this week are being checked by guards with hand-held metal detectors, an unusual practice for Las Vegas expos.

(Todd Prince/Las Vegas Review-Journal)Īt least one convention organizer is raising security at its shows in the wake of this month’s shooting. A Model T car at the Barrett Jackson car auction in Las Vegas on Thursday, October 19, 2017.