Upcoming Locations For The National

[RedsFan1941]

that they decided to return to atlantic city is a head scratcher

[ngnichols]

Dallas, TX is a no-brainer and it's just stupid not to have it here at least once every couple of years.

[mechanicalman]

Originally Posted by RedsFan1941

that they decided to return to atlantic city is a head scratcher

I think the role of having Atlantic City in the mix is to make Cleveland seem more appealing.

[CobbSpikedMe]

Personally, I love that it's in AC. It's only a couple hours drive for me.

[judsonhamlin]

While I appreciate the AC convention - less than a 2 hour drive for me as well, the city itself is dreadful - think Gary, Indiana with sand - I have to imagine there are other venues in the DC to NYC area that hit all the check marks and are better situated for mass transit/interstates/major airports.

[Chris-Counts]

I agree that it makes sense to do Nationals somewhere west of the Mississippi River from time to time, like Dallas or Denver.

[GoCubsGo32]

Is there a reason why they keep rotating National in the same 2-3 cities?!

I don't get why they don't take the convention to other major cities across the US Gotta imagine CA, TX , FL would do well in helping gain new interest. Not sure keeping it in same citiies helps with exposure of the hobby.

[Jewish-collector]

There are many locations/venues that can't host the National for one reason or another:

Some venues are too small and/or don't have enough hotel rooms
Some venues not convenient to airports
Some venues/cities the union stuff too expensive and/or other legal issues
Some venues charge too much for having events in their building
Some venues/cities are not good baseball and/or sports towns
Some venues don't want it scheduled too far in the future. In other words, the venue wants the National committee to tell them practically in June or July that they want the show in their facility. But the National committee needs a few years in advance. (One of the Baltimore shows replaced Cleveland at the last minute a few years ago)

etc,... etc,... etc,...etc,... etc,... etc,...etc,... etc,... etc,...etc,... etc,...

After all of this analysis, it turns out Chicago and Cleveland are the only cities that don't have any of these issues and this is why they are considering alternating it between these two cities forever.

[RedsFan1941]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

Personally, I love that it's in AC. It's only a couple hours drive for me.

i love that it is in cleveland, only an hour drive for me. yet i can understand why it's not a great site overall.

[CurtisFlood]

Originally Posted by RedsFan1941

that they decided to return to atlantic city is a head scratcher

Most of the dealers I know did very well at the last AC show. I know I found the public great to deal with and they spent money. The food was great and we found a reasonable place for lodging. It is a long haul for us, but the shoe is on the other foot in Chicago and Cleveland.

I'd love to see them throw the west coast a bone, even if it is only going to Denver. I won't drive all the way to the west coast. Did enough of that when I was in the Naval Reserve.