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San Francisco, California will open its Golden Gates to welcome the Home Entertainment 2003 Show, June 5-8, 2003. The event will take place at the Westin-St. Francis Hotel in the heart of downtown San Francisco. HE2003 marks the fourth time this event has been held in San Francisco. Previous events were held in 1989, 1993, and in 1997.

Open to the public, the four-day Show will dedicate its first day, June 5, exclusively to members of the trade and press to allow exhibitors to meet one-on-one with retailers, distributors, and the media. The Show officially opens to the public on Friday, June 6, and will run through Sunday, June 8.

"We're delighted to bring the Home Entertainment Show back to San Francisco," stated Jackie Augustine, group publisher of the Primedia High Technology Group and executive director of the Home Entertainment Show. "Based on our exhibitor and consumer research, San Francisco rated highest as a venue for a show outside of New York City. After two highly successful years in New York, we decided to branch out to San Francisco in the hopes of attracting new music talent, new seminars, new exhibitors, and new attendees from international markets. The Home Entertainment 2003 Show will be even more spectacular than in prior years, and the Westin-St. Francis, with its almost 100-year history, is the perfect partner for this event."

Co-sponsored by Home Theater, Stereophile Guide to Home Theater, Stereophile, and Audio Video Interiors magazines, the annual HE Show is the country's preeminent home-entertainment event of the year. It is the only show of its kind that gives consumers an intimate understanding of the latest in technology and the ability to touch, look, listen, and feel before they buy.

A ticket to Home Entertainment 2003 will provide a matchless experience for everyone: novice consumers, avid home-theater and audio enthusiasts, music-lovers, gearheads, and film buffs. In addition, it will provide the chance to participate in educational seminars sponsored by leading authorities in the home audio, home theater, and recording industries on subjects ranging from HDTV to DVD-Audio vs SACD to choosing a custom installer for a completely networked home. As a bonus, there will be daily free, live music performances from popular jazz, contemporary blues, and classical recording artists.

Home Entertainment 2003
Westin-St. Francis Hotel
335 Powell Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

Dates: June 5-8, 2003

Tickets: $35 weekend pass/$25 one-day pass
Advance tickets can be ordered online at www.HomeEntertainment-EXPO.com.

The Westin-St. Francis Hotel will offer a special discount price to exhibitors and attendees of $195 per night, based on availability.

For more information about exhibiting at Home Entertainment 2003, please contact Lanny Morris at (212) 886-3681, or by e-mail at Wayland_Morris@Primediamags.com. And please visit the HE2003 website soon at www.HomeEntertainment-EXPO.com.

Members of the press should contact Lucette Nicoll or Sue Morgan at Nicoll Public Relations, lucette@nicollpr.com or sue@nicollpr.com, or by calling (781) 762-9300.

See you next June in San Francisco!