Founded in 1982 as a means of gathering the local community together - much has changed over the last 30 years for the Asian American Expo. When it first launched, the event was called the Chinese American Expo, with only 60 exhibitors and a simple goal of bringing together local Asian businesses and consumers under one roof. From those humble beginnings, the Asian American Expo has expanded both its reach and its scale. Today the Asian American Expo features 6 large expositions halls encompassing over 400,000 exhibition space, 1,000+ vendors, 8 non-stop performing stages, and 3 separately unique food courts. Attendees from all different ethnic and work backgrounds, from both local and international are bound to be at the Expo. The Asian American Expo is hosted at the beginning of each year to celebrate the coming of the Lunar New Year Festival, with the goal recreating the New Year celebrations found across Asia at this time of the year. Food, shopping, entertainment and fun - these are all annual staples that can be found at each year's event. All of this success would not be made possible without the support from the greater community both locally and internationally.