National
AFAIK....They have an agreement with Rosemont for quite some time to do it there every other year. Chicago is a top city for basically everything, cheap public transportation, tons of hotels, close to many cities, two major airports, etc. That isn't going to change. They also had an agreement with Park Corp/IX Center in Cleveland for every fourth year. They sold so that changed the plans. For now the non-Chicago years will rotate. Assuming the National stays in late July/early August...you can eliminate all of Texas and probably Vegas. San Francisco and NY are just too expensive IMO so cross those out as well. Plus SF and TX already have large shows (not that Chicago doesn't). Anaheim, where they had it in 2006 pretty much checks most of the boxes, and although it was very successful, many are just against schlepping their inventory across country...adds a bit to the already exorbitant table prices. I also heard Anaheim needs a certain amount of time and assurances way ahead of time that the National just won't commit to. I would love a large show in SoCal or drivable as Kit Young isn't throwing his luau shows any more.
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