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Originally Posted by bigfanNY
Rich you are probably right. She was definitely running shows at the Westchester site in the 80's. I took the date from the stan musial promo from my collection of show memorabilia which is the first one I have that says east coast national. My point being that the idea of setting up multiple nationals has been tried before.
I also remember that back in the day one strong argument for sites all around the US is that a show like the national with lots of local ads would draw out locals who had cards sitting in basements and attics.
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i used our friend Google and yes the 1st ECN was 1988
https://trademarks.justia.com/737/11...-73711138.html
And just before the Baseball Strike in 1994 many of the larger promoters were creating a regional circuit of larger shows to go to because even then not everyone could get tables at the NSCC. That work stopped when interest passed after the strike
Rich
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Last edited by Rich Klein; 08-02-2022 at 05:50 PM.
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