The Best Card Show Venue Ever

[DHogan]

About 25 years ago, a card dealer set up a show in a horse racing track grand stand at Suffolk Downs horse racing track in East Boston Massachusetts. The track and grandstands were built in 1935. The track closed around 2017. They built stores and apartment buildings.

The owner of that track recently tried to get approval for a small horse racing track in the small town of Hardwick in central Massachusetts with a population of 2626 people. It didn't get the towns approval.

[sflayank]

Many moons ago we had a big show at whats now called Hard Rock stadium...home of the dolphins
The 3 griffeys were signers

[ullmandds]

They used to have a card shows/autographing/interactive experience at the Metrodome every year.

[Exhibitman]

There was also a regular show at the Hollywood Park racetrack/casino about 20 years ago. Pretty good show, too. Best part was that there was a Pinks hot dog stand in the casino for post-show dining.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by sflayank

Many moons ago we had a big show at whats now called Hard Rock stadium...home of the dolphins
The 3 griffeys were signers

Best one I EVER went to was at the Coral Square Mall in Coral Springs. I bought craploads of cards at the regular shows held there in the 1990s. If you patiently waited until sellers started packing up on Sunday you could get insane deals. Of the many cards I bought there, one comes immediately to mind. 1958 Topps Mantle in decent condition for $75. Yes, I still have it.

[D. Bergin]

I once attended a Card Show in the later 1980's on the old Aircraft Carrier the U.S.S. Intrepid that's used as a floating museum on the Hudson River in NYC.

That was pretty cool.

It was also the place I first saw stacks of 1986 Fleer Basketball boxes being sold for 50 bucks a box, and thinking they were over-priced.