2028 National Headed to Detroit or Atlanta?

[rand1com]

Looks like one of these two locations will host the 2028 National. Vote will be taken by booth holders at this year’s National.

Only two cities listed for consideration in dealer packet.

[Exhibitman]

My wife has always wanted to visit Atlanta, so she'd come with me.

Hard no on Atlanta.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

My wife has always wanted to visit Atlanta, so she'd come with me.

Hard no on Atlanta.

LOL....

Either one is fine with me.

[bandrus1]

atlanta better have high quality AC

[Snapolit1]

Something new and different . . . long overdue.

[pawpawdiv9]

Alright Atl - it be my 1st big show
And be awesome to meet some n54 guys

[puckpaul]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

My wife has always wanted to visit Atlanta, so she'd come with me.

Hard no on Atlanta.

Guess you havent been to Detroit lately…..

[boysblue]

My wife has always wanted to visit Atlanta, so she'd come with me.

Hard no on Atlanta.
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Post of the year right there, sir!

[samosa4u]

Detroit is a dump ...
Oh, and you'll probably get shot there as well.

[pawpawdiv9]

If Atlanta - Where would it be held at??
World congress center? Like they did last in 1999

[parkplace33]

Originally Posted by rand1com

Looks like one of these two locations will host the 2028 National. Vote will be taken by booth holders at this year’s National.

Only two cities listed for consideration in dealer packet.

Wait, you are saying it will only be in one of those two cities?

If so, I am shocked.

[oldjudge]

Adam--what horrible news! Go Tigers!

[rand1com]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

Wait, you are saying it will only be in one of those two cities?

If so, I am shocked.

Those are the only two listed sites to be voted on in the dealer package so I assume it is one or the other. Both will make presentations to the dealers at the show this year.

[4815162342]

There’s a major modern YouTube influencer who’ll probably try to push for Atlanta. I’m hoping for Detroit—if for no other reason than the weather. One of the small joys for me is escaping the surface-of-the-sun heat, even if just for a few days.

[Promethius88]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

There’s a major modern YouTube influencer who’ll probably try to push for Atlanta. I’m hoping for Detroit—if for no other reason than the weather. One of the small joys for me is escaping the surface-of-the-sun heat, even if just for a few days.

You know Geoff is going to be pushing hard for Atl and probably greasing some palms along the way.

[icurnmedic]

Atlanta would be great I think!

[autograf]

my first was 1992 Atlanta and I've been to every one since. I'll go to either and in Louisville, I'm almost exactly evenly between those two cities around 5.5-6 hours either way. That said, I'd rather go to Atlanta although it'll be REALLY hot there. I spent a LOT of time in Detroit in the 1990's so that would be fine too.

[x2drich2000]

I think it is great to have 2 new options, but I'm not sure Detroit can really handle the show without folks being disappointed. It feels to me like Detroit is just being used as a way to give the appearance of choice. From what I can tell, it looks like Detroit has about 10% less exhibition space than Rosemont and as I understand it, dealers were already having difficulty getting tables for this year. I'm sure they are not going to shrink the autograph area, breaker area, or corporate areas as those are the high profile, mass marketing areas. Whether vintage collectors want to admit or not, the bulk of collectors are into modern and those areas cater to the masses. So what's left to cut? The dealer area. If I was a dealer, I would not want to vote for someplace that I won't be able to set up. No one can predict what the hobby will be like in 3 years, but I just can't imagine the promotors intentionally planning to reduce the size of the show without some evidence that the card market is significantly shrinking.