Genuine question, what is with the National staying in Chicago

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Tensions are high right now, and I don't need this bullshit on a baseball card forum.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B

Tensions are high right now, and I don't need this bullshit on a baseball card forum.

Humor can relieve tension. It's how some of us deal with a chaotic and insane world. Are you actually taking the concept seriously?

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

I am telling you one last time. Zip it. Your comments are not funny. "Lighten up"?! We are not here for this. Some of us are here to try to escape this. Go find someplace else for your "humor".

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B

I am telling you one last time. Zip it. Your comments are not funny. "Lighten up"?! We are not here for this. Some of us are here to try to escape this. Go find someplace else for your "humor".

You can zip it. There is humor all over this board, including about current events. You are taking things way too seriously

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

You're making light of my country being overtaken by yours. I take that very personally.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B

You're making light of my country being overtaken by yours. I take that very personally.

That isn't happening and it isn't going to happen. Every Canadian friend I have is laughing about it because it's such a ridiculously stupid concept. But seriously, even though you have been a dick about it, I do apologize if I offended you.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

That isn't happening and it isn't going to happen. Every Canadian friend I have is laughing about it because it's such a ridiculously stupid concept. But seriously, even though you have been a dick about it, I do apologize if I offended you.

Can you shut the fuck up with your politics? For once?

[raulus]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

That isn't happening and it isn't going to happen.

As Mike Krukow would say: “None chance”.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Are you actually taking the concept seriously?

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

That isn't happening and it isn't going to happen. Every Canadian friend I have is laughing about it because it's such a ridiculously stupid concept.

I for one am not taking the concept seriously. It's simply silliness incarnate. If Canada falls apart, it won't be due to the United States. It will be due to our own grievous mismanagement of our finances/affairs/country.

What I find galling though is the hypocrisy of so many Canadians and particularly the sports fans who have for the last few decades embraced the NFL, NCAA sports, all the American imports/aliens playing as mercenaries for the Toronto Blue Jays and Toronto Raptors and American sports in general while showing a complete lack of interest in the CFL and Canadian university sports. Now all of a sudden these fellows have become Canadian nationalists? Where the hell were they the last forty years when the Toronto Argonauts, Montréal Alouettes and every Canadian university including my beloved alma mater the University of Western Ontario could barely give tickets away?

Of course there's also the women who've been hanging on every word, every scene, every designer dress from the Oscars in Hollywood, U.S.A. for the last eighty years.

And then there are those "Canadians" who can't wait to flee to Florida in the winter months rather than taking pride in and revelling in our sub-Arctic weather. Some even go so far as to wear positively nauseating "My Canada includes Florida!" T-shirts.



So only now do these people discover their Canadian roots? A bit late for that methinks.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

And then there are those "Canadians" who can't wait to flee to Florida in the winter months rather than taking pride in and revelling in our sub-Arctic weather. Some even go so far as to wear positively nauseating "My Canada includes Florida!" T-shirts.



So only now do these people discover their Canadian roots? A bit late for that methinks.

What's even more ironic (and annoying) is that fifty years ago every self-respecting Canadian beer drinker absolutely sneered at American near beers which were dismissed as piss water. Now Budweiser, Coors Lite, Bud Light, etc. rank at or very near the top of the list of best selling Canadian beers. Yeah, yeah, I know, I know, these products are now brewed in Canada. But so what? Like I say, anyone who's been quaffing American branded suds for decades is certainly not in any moral position to suddenly espouse Canadian nationalism.

[JamesGallo]

Ok I will try to bring this back on topic as I have done conventions in every city mentioned just about. Although I have not made it to a national in recent years I have done shows in all the venues mentioned.

For the people that just suggest any city the problems are vast
-Convention center is too small
-Not enough hotels near by
-Not enough places to eat near by
-No easy access

These are huge reason why Boston will never be chosen for instance. It is crazy expensive and the convention centers are too small and near nothing but water.

I do NY Comic Con every year at the Javits center, no union issues.
I have done shows in both Chicago locations though its been a few years, no union issues
I did shows in Indy its too small of a location now

At this point it seems the show really could only fit in a few places
Chicago
New York
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Orlando
Anaheim
San Diego

I don't believe any other city has the combined aspects above to make it work.

Honestly, I don't understand why Baltimore is never an option, plenty of convention center space and hotels. Places to eat in walking distance and the inner harbor and the Orioles are right there.

Anyway just my 2 cents from doing conventions for the last 25 years or so.

James G

[Rich Klein]

When the NSCC was held in Baltimore in 2010 and 2012 (I may have the years slightly off) the square footage was barely in the acceptable range at the time for the NSCC and since the show has grown since then, probably not big enough now.

I will also say I agree 100 percent in Baltimore was a great location for the NSCC and hopefully we can get back there some day

Rich

[notfast]

Baltimore is not an option anymore. The convention center could use every inch of space and not even be half of what is needed.