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Originally Posted by ncinin
I know of at least two dealers who historically picked one booth who now pick two booths now and I assume they have someone else setup with them. A couple of years ago the NSCC committee disallowed dealers from picking more than two booths unless they already had a history of such to prevent dealers to start picking four booths and dispersing booths in that manner.
I assume most people who setup at the National for the first time in AC were selected after added booths were added to the original AC floor plan and contacted after the lottery held in Chicago last year.
I believe a lot of dealers like Scott Russell will end up setting up in Chicago when the show gets closer. This year I know five or so booths were made available last minute as Steve Werley passed and a Canadian had trouble crossing the border and another was sick. Plus I am sure some dealers passed on AC as you can skip one National every five years without penalty. I can think of one dealer off hand in that situation.
Another possibility is people with a 5 or better priority who hasn’t setup in recent shows started picking again for someone else to use.
Bottom line I believe there are more booths in 2023 than 2021 in Chicago. I don’t have the interest to spend the time to analyze the dealers lists to figure it out. If someone has a 2021 floor plan it may note the number of dealer booths or some one could count them if they wish.
The Chicago show footprint is larger than ever using the entire first floor exhibit space with 632 dealer booths and much more corporate booths.
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From what I can tell you are pretty spot on. There are indeed more dealer booths 2023 than 2021, (though whether or not you care for the location is a different issue) but many dealers who do Chicago used their skip on AC creating extra table availability for AC. I was the third to last picked in last year's lottery. I am 18th on the waiting list for 2023 so I don't hold out a lot of hope. My disappointment isn't because I think anyone did anything wrong (there were even a couple priority "2" guys who didn't get in, so I can't bitch too much) just that it stinks to go backwards in terms of my company. I'm literally wondering if I'll have to do Atlantic City 3x before I have a high enough priority number to get into one of the other venues, not to mention having to make sure I'm at the lottery each year even if I'm not at the show.