Chicago 2025 National Announcement: Providing 75 tables for first-time dealers

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I just saw this posted on X:

“National Announcement

In response to dealer and market demand, The National has listened to your concerns and is taking action to provide table space to first time dealers.

We are excited to announce the expansion of dealer tables for the 2025 Chicago National! We are committed to supporting first-time dealers who have submitted Letters of Intent and have been on the waiting list.

This expansion will be limited to 75 tables. Each space will include one 8-foot table and two dealer badges. Tables will be located on the upper level in Hall G.

Thank you for your continued support!
NSCC Board of Directors and JBJ Show Managers”

[parkplace33]

Wow, I am glad to hear this. Lets get some new blood into the National!

[Rich Klein]

Interesting it's just a table and not a booth. I am a big fan of getting more "new" vendors in and off the wait list.

Will be interesting to see how the price point works, etc.

Rich

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

If I hadn't given up on shows, I'd have planned to be racing up to the upper level first to check out the new dealers' offerings. So much of the same old, same old on the main floor.

[Exhibitman]

Finally! I have been grousing and writing about the need to expand the show into other rooms at Rosemont to accommodate the expansion of the hobby, and this is a good first step.

I'd still prefer to see them move services like grading and nonsense like breaks, vlogging areas, and so on, to the ancillary rooms and put the additional dealers into those areas of the main floor instead.

[IndyDave]

I will be curious to see the vintage / modern breakdown of these new dealers.

I suspect there will be a lot of modern in that 75.

Also curious how this impacts the staging queue for admission.

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Finally! I have been grousing and writing about the need to expand the show into other rooms at Rosemont to accommodate the expansion of the hobby, and this is a good first step.

I'd still prefer to see them move services like grading and nonsense like breaks, vlogging areas, and so on, to the ancillary rooms and put the additional dealers into those areas of the main floor instead.

Working for a corporate I can assure you that would not be a popular move for those people who are paying significantly more than the vendors. We learned that first hand at the 2023 Burbank Show. Rob and his team learned that and fixed that for the 2024 show to their credit.

However, the breakers, the vloggers (media type), the stage where people do live web casts and people whose monetary rewards are not dependent on show traffic, yes those people can be in a different area. And so can the autograph area move as well if needed

Rich