A quick "hobby history" lesson
Circa 1994; just as the Hobby was about to go on a downward slope (circumstances including baseball strike, internet, etc) many of the major dealers were trying to create a group of mini-Nationals each year.
The Late Wanda Marcus was hosting the "Southwest" National and there was one in 1994, Gloria Rothstein already had the "East Coast National" and I believe Jack Petruzelli was going to do the "West Coast National". I can't for my memory remember who was going to host the "Mid-West National".
The concept was, as we were discussing in this thread, the National being too big and too hard to get to each year for everyone, so the National would be brought to them.
Alas, with the confluence of events beginning in August 1994, this set up never occured.
If this did not happen when we were still close to our hobby peak, how we going to pull this off today
One National a year is plenty, but perhaps some local promoters can step up their game to help bring shows back
Regards
Rich Klein
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