Genuine question, what is with the National staying in Chicago

balltrash · #1 02-24-2025, 10:05 AM

I believe some of the more pressing challenges are:

- finding a large enough venue to host the show given how big it has become.
- being able to book said venue far enough in advance (assuming it is even available during the period of time needed.
- and a HUGE issue which many of the present stock of dealers may not even keep in mind given how long it has been since it was a factor - Rosemont is non-union venue. You would not believe how much cost it adds to have the show in a place where unions are part of the picture...it would eliminate a wide swath of exhibitors immediately or after they feel the pain of paying those bills once they certainly are not going to do it again (in many cases).

Snapolit1 · #2 02-24-2025, 10:40 AM

Sure the non-union angle / cost consideration is huge. Apparently union costs have severely affected Javits in NYC.

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Originally Posted by balltrash

I believe some of the more pressing challenges are:

- finding a large enough venue to host the show given how big it has become.
- being able to book said venue far enough in advance (assuming it is even available during the period of time needed.
- and a HUGE issue which many of the present stock of dealers may not even keep in mind given how long it has been since it was a factor - Rosemont is non-union venue. You would not believe how much cost it adds to have the show in a place where unions are part of the picture...it would eliminate a wide swath of exhibitors immediately or after they feel the pain of paying those bills once they certainly are not going to do it again (in many cases).

Rich Klein · #3 02-24-2025, 11:12 AM

Dallas does not yet the infrastructure to support a NSCC. Maybe someday but it's a few years in the future and for the people who complain about heat in Chicago, well DFW blows away Chicago on that front

obiwan1129 · #4 02-24-2025, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by balltrash

- Rosemont is non-union venue. You would not believe how much cost it adds to have the show in a place where unions are part of the picture...it would eliminate a wide swath of exhibitors immediately or after they feel the pain of paying those bills once they certainly are not going to do it again (in many cases).

I didn't realize Rosemont was non-union. I've done a lot of trade shows it is always a pain to deal with the union and/or the show logistics. You can't even change a light bulb in your booth in McCormick. In Vegas you can't use the elevator or anything with wheels to move your booth gear, hand carry only. So glad I don't do trade shows anymore. The extortion, I mean markup, for GES services at a lot of the shows makes Ticketmaster look reasonable.

A lot of locations are hot in July/August. They should have functioning AC though. You really don't want to think about Vegas, St Louis, or Atlanta that time of year.

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