User:BeeHiatt/Tokyo Auto Salon

Venue
The Tokyo Auto Salon takes place at Makuhari Messe. The Tokyo Auto Salon’s popularity has grown resulting in an increases from 8 halls to 11 halls at the Makuhari Messe. In addition to Tokyo Auto Salon occupying 11 of the International Exhibition Halls, it also takes place in the Makuhari Event Hall, International Conference Hall. The event also extends outside the event center into the Outdoor Arena and road of the neighboring Zozo Marine Stadium. The 2012 Auto Salon required a space of 54,000sqm, while the 2013 Auto salon increased to a space of 72,000sqm (Wijayasinha,2013). Makuhari Messe is one of the leading comprehensive convention facilities in Japan. It is a full-scale convention complex with three large-scale facilities, which are the International Exhibition Hall, International Conference Hall, and Makuhari Event Hall. It also contains a parking lot that can facilitate 6,000 vehicles. There are also six international hotels located within walking distance from the convention center. The convention center host tradeshows, exhibitions, international conferences, ceremonies, parties, symposiums, concerts, sports events, and fashion shows all year round. [3]

Access to Makuhari Meese: -To Makuharihongou station: Take JR Sobu-line from Shinkuku area -To Makuharihongou station:  Take Keisei Chiba-line from Ueno area Take the bus (to Makuhari messe Marin Stadium) from Makuharihongou station. It takes about 15 minutes. -To Kaihinmakuhari station: Take JR Keiyou-line from Tokyo station -Kaihinmakuhari station:  Subway (Yurakucho line) connects JR Keiyo-line It is about 5 minutes walk from kaihinmakuhari station to makuhari Messe (TokyoAutoSalon.com, 2013)

Response
2019 Tokyo Auto Salon experienced record high attendance with 330,666 visitors attending over the three day event. This increasing number of attendees was matched with a greater number of cars displayed in the 2019 event. Despite lower numbers of exhibitors and booths, 906 cars were displayed. The increasing popularity of the Tokyo Auto Salon has gained the attention of both international vendors as well as the media. Media coverage of the event has been picked up by several well-known magazine and media channels commonly mentioning their favorite cars and concepts from the event. In the 2019 event 1,886 of the visitors attended as media personal. This led to a wide coverage of the different concepts and cars that were displayed and debuted at the show. Media outlets that provided coverage on the event include: Motor Trend, Car and Driver , Jalopnik , and several other media outlets.

Notes:

Section of current article above. Remove directions to the location, doesn't seem needed for a wikipedia article. They could just use google maps. Update some of current figures and check with the event report for 2019. Organize article, maybe put a Header like above