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Originally Posted by mechanicalman
Exactly. A 2 hr drive. You can understand how that's not convenient for anyone who has to first board a plane to get to The East Coast.
If the National were in any one of the East's great cities serviced by a major airport, I bet no one would gripe.
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If it was in New York City plenty of people would gripe just as loud. I'm sure of it.
The board has been full of stories about people driving to this years National. Sure many people from the Midwest drove long distances to get there.
Philadelphia is a fairly large airport and that's 40 minutes closer than NY. People fly into Philly every day to gamble in Atlantic City.
My understanding is the dealers vote for the locations, so they idea that Atlantic City is boycotted by large numbers of people obviously makes no sense. Sure the leading auction houses in the business, many of which are based in NJ or have offices in NYC, are pretty happy.