Hunting expo back in S.L. next year

The Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau has booked the return of the annual Western Hunting & Conservation Expo to Salt Lake in 2010.

The bureau said the expo, now in its fourth year, is expected to draw more than 15,000 attendees and generate 14,875 room nights, with projected direct spending by attendees of more than $7.7 million.

The event will be Feb. 11-14.

Salt Lake was the site of the expo the past two years and beat out Reno for the 2010 event, the bureau said.