Qver ten years since I did a show.

[T205 Hunter]

Setting up at the Culture Collision Show in Atlanta this weekend (400+ Tables of Comics & Cards for three days). This thread caught my attention because the last time I bought a table was at the Tuff Stuff Show in Richmond, VA - that aught to date it.


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[Piratedogcardshows]

Its a travesty Richmond doesn't have a show anymore. It's ATC land for sure.

[bbcard1]

Originally Posted by Jason

Its a travesty Richmond doesn't have a show anymore. It's ATC land for sure.

I have a pretty good background in shows having helped Marco promote the CSA Shows for years. I have toyed with the idea of promoting aa 100+ table show in Richmond. I had planned getting back into the promotion business when I sold my advertising company in 2019, but between Covid and my independent consulting being much busier than I had anticipated, it hasn't happened.

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

I have a pretty good background in shows having helped Marco promote the CSA Shows for years. I have toyed with the idea of promoting a 100+ table show in Richmond. I had planned getting back into the promotion business when I sold my advertising company in 2019, but between Covid and my independent consulting being much busier than I had anticipated, it hasn't happened.

Would love to see that. There's basically nothing but a few smaller shows between Chantilly and Raleigh.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

I have a pretty good background in shows having helped Marco promote the CSA Shows for years. I have toyed with the idea of promoting aa 100+ table show in Richmond. I had planned getting back into the promotion business when I sold my advertising company in 2019, but between Covid and my independent consulting being much busier than I had anticipated, it hasn't happened.

Ditto, sorta. We (not the royal "we"; me and two other guys) promoted three local shows several years ago and I've thought about reviving it given the huge surge of interest in collecting, but the COVID thing and the heightened security concerns with all the money this market brings have dissuaded me so far. With the rash of robberies in many places, card shows are sitting ducks. I'd want to hire off-duty police officers to have armed security in place and it would just about double the costs of the show. In the past we wanted two things for sure: free admission and table fees under $100 a table. I am not sure we could keep table fees at anything like that level with the need for enhanced security and liability insurance.

[Piratedogcardshows]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

I have a pretty good background in shows having helped Marco promote the CSA Shows for years. I have toyed with the idea of promoting aa 100+ table show in Richmond. I had planned getting back into the promotion business when I sold my advertising company in 2019, but between Covid and my independent consulting being much busier than I had anticipated, it hasn't happened.

That would be lovely!

[JimC]

Long ways from those Ernie White shows of the 80s/90s . . .

Originally Posted by Jason

Its a travesty Richmond doesn't have a show anymore. It's ATC land for sure.