The National - New Management

[Rich Klein]

Couple of comments

1) The 1st East Coast National was either in 1987 or 1988. They were going on before I moved to Dallas

2) If I followed the articlet correctly, The quote about Corporates is from Al Durso, head of the NSCC Dealer Board and not any of the new promoters. If I read that correctly, understand it's a dealer saying he understand what he believes is truly important for the NSCC future

3) And a question -- I went to the 1997 Fan Fest at what was then the Cleveland Convention Center and never had a problem driving in the 20 minutes nor finding a parking space. How much different is the new Convention Center from the old one?

[bigfanNY]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

Couple of comments

1) The 1st East Coast National was either in 1987 or 1988. They were going on before I moved to Dallas

2) If I followed the articlet correctly, The quote about Corporates is from Al Durso, head of the NSCC Dealer Board and not any of the new promoters. If I read that correctly, understand it's a dealer saying he understand what he believes is truly important for the NSCC future

3) And a question -- I went to the 1997 Fan Fest at what was then the Cleveland Convention Center and never had a problem driving in the 20 minutes nor finding a parking space. How much different is the new Convention Center from the old one?

Rich you are probably right. She was definitely running shows at the Westchester site in the 80's. I took the date from the stan musial promo from my collection of show memorabilia which is the first one I have that says east coast national. My point being that the idea of setting up multiple nationals has been tried before.
I also remember that back in the day one strong argument for sites all around the US is that a show like the national with lots of local ads would draw out locals who had cards sitting in basements and attics.

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

Rich you are probably right. She was definitely running shows at the Westchester site in the 80's. I took the date from the stan musial promo from my collection of show memorabilia which is the first one I have that says east coast national. My point being that the idea of setting up multiple nationals has been tried before.
I also remember that back in the day one strong argument for sites all around the US is that a show like the national with lots of local ads would draw out locals who had cards sitting in basements and attics.

i used our friend Google and yes the 1st ECN was 1988

https://trademarks.justia.com/737/11...-73711138.html

And just before the Baseball Strike in 1994 many of the larger promoters were creating a regional circuit of larger shows to go to because even then not everyone could get tables at the NSCC. That work stopped when interest passed after the strike

Rich