National Headed to Chicago Again in 2026

[notfast]

Everyone talking about west coast this, west coast that…yet nothing has happened out there in terms of a major card show since the 90’s…until last year with Burbank.

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by notfast

Everyone talking about west coast this, west coast that…yet nothing has happened out there in terms of a major card show since the 90’s…until last year with Burbank.

The National was there in 2000 and 2006. I think we can call those major shows.

[notfast]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

The National was there in 2000 and 2006. I think we can call those major shows.

So I was off by a few years.

Needless to say, we are approaching 20 years and it’s not even on the table for another National. I mean we could list all the major card shows and there is exactly ONE, that started a year ago, on the west coast.

You’re telling me that the demand is so high that no one has created a show of significance out there until after the covid boom?


It isnt just because of the east coast dealers.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by notfast

So I was off by a few years.

Needless to say, we are approaching 20 years and it’s not even on the table for another National. I mean we could list all the major card shows and there is exactly ONE, that started a year ago, on the west coast.

You’re telling me that the demand is so high that no one has created a show of significance out there until after the covid boom?


It isnt just because of the east coast dealers.

The NFL did not have a franchise in Los Angeles, the second largest city in the US, for 20 years, and then they almost instantly had two. Sometimes things don't work out as you logically think they would. In the case of the National, it seems like their previous organizing committee determined that the west coast was, for their purposes, not a viable option, even though all the previous conventions in Anaheim were deemed to have been very successful.

I could foresee that the new organizers of the National would, in the relative near future, look into the feasibility of a west coast show, especially if the Burbank Show (in Anaheim) continues to draw strong interest.

Brian

[Lobo Aullando]

What was the selection process they used 20+ years ago when it actually travelled around? It doesn't seem like that would include a dealer vote. (Or at least not a vote that included the location where the vote was being taken.)

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

The NFL did not have a franchise in Los Angeles, the second largest city in the US, for 20 years, and then they almost instantly had two. Sometimes things don't work out as you logically think they would. In the case of the National, it seems like their previous organizing committee determined that the west coast was, for their purposes, not a viable option, even though all the previous conventions in Anaheim were deemed to have been very successful.

I could foresee that the new organizers of the National would, in the relative near future, look into the feasibility of a west coast show, especially if the Burbank Show (in Anaheim) continues to draw strong interest.

Brian

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by notfast

So I was off by a few years.

Needless to say, we are approaching 20 years and it’s not even on the table for another National. I mean we could list all the major card shows and there is exactly ONE, that started a year ago, on the west coast.

You’re telling me that the demand is so high that no one has created a show of significance out there until after the covid boom?


It isnt just because of the east coast dealers.

Actually Tri-Star did, until the past few years, a yearly show in San Francisco which probably qualified as a big show. They deemed it was not worth their time and effort to continue with said show.

Adam and some of his friends put on smaller shows in the LA are and you can read this posts about some of the hurdles they had in putting on small shows. Now multiply that with a 10x of tables and you see where some of the problems came from

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

Actually Tri-Star did, until the past few years, a yearly show in San Francisco which probably qualified as a big show. They deemed it was not worth their time and effort to continue with said show.

Ah, the Cow Palace. Took the arduous journey into that one and IIRC, there wasn't nearly enough vintage to sate the appetite. It seemed at its heart to basically be a huge autograph show, right?

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Ah, the Cow Palace. Took the arduous journey into that one and IIRC, there wasn't nearly enough vintage to sate the appetite. It seemed at its heart to basically be a huge autograph show, right?

Yes not a ton of vintage and yes because of Tri-Star a lot of autographs. But it was a big show and we have to remember that Vintage (with the exception of the NSCC and a couple of other shows) is not always an major portion of the biggest shows

Rich