New location for the Stronsgville Show

[IndyDave]

From a story in Sports Collector's Daily and a review of the show website, the Strongsville show is moving next door to the Brunswick Arena. Essentially across the parking lot.

The Arena is an ice hockey facility that seems to have two rinks. Hopefully the show uses both rinks - and is able to add more vintage dealers and make the aisles a bit wider than they were in the Best Western.

The BW is an old 1970s Holiday Inn and used a couple of ballrooms - but overall wasn't the largest rooms for a top end show.

Excited to see how this works. If anyone has more details please let us know.

Hope that some of you who have been trying to get in are successful!

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Someday this show is going to happen for me.

[hcv123]

Buying, Selling and trading some awesome vintage cards. Feel free to reach out ahead of the show to start a preliminary conversation about any of the aforementioned.

[ClementeFanOh]

Thank you IndyDave. I've attended Strongsville many times, pound for
pound the best vintage show (multisport) I've ever seen. The added space
should help. Trent King

[yanks87]

I cannot wait, went last year, will fly in from Oregon again this year for it. Might try to wheel and deal a bit, but we will see what we can find, and if it is anything like last year, it will be a lot!

[Zan]

Does anyone know when admission tickets generally go on sale?

[parkplace33]

For those setting up, have you heard any changes to how much modern you can have in your cases? I think it was maybe 10 percent, but has this changed with the venue change?

[conor912]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

For those setting up, have you heard any changes to how much modern you can have in your cases? I think it was maybe 10 percent, but has this changed with the venue change?

Hopefully it went to zero. Every other show in the country is 70%+ modern.

[parkplace33]

Originally Posted by conor912

Hopefully it went to zero. Every other show in the country is 70%+ modern.

Agree, but I am a realist. If there is money to be made.....

[The Detroit Collector]

Very excited, I am going to try very hard to attend this year.

[ncinin]

This is the new floor plan as emailed to dealers in December.

There 30 + additional tables from my count. The corner tables are 6 foot as at the hotel. The other tables are 8 feet instead of the old hotel 6 feet. There are 2 additional feet per non-corner tables than the hotel show so there will be much more display space per table.

There is a long wait list so new dealers will most likely be mostly vintage I assume.

[IndyDave]

Thanks for posting the floor plan.

Glad to see more tables and hopefully more dealers

[ncinin]

The email contained table assignments but that could change from the initial assignments. There are more than 30 additional tables total but unassigned tables from the initial email was 30+.

[conor912]

Pretty cool it’s gonna be on the ice.

[JustinD]

I may drive down for this one this year.

Quick question for previous attendees as I have not been to this show previously. Is this basically baseball only, or will there be some of the others from the big 4?

I ask only as my son collects mostly vintage basketball cards and memorabilia. This could be a fun road trip for us.

[ClementeFanOh]

JustinD- you'll find vintage and prewar from all sorts of sports. Tons of
baseball, and plenty of football, basketball, hockey to go around. Memorabilia
too. What you won't find is much modern, thankfully...which is part of the
charm.

Trent King

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by ClementeFanOh

JustinD- you'll find vintage and prewar from all sorts of sports. Tons of
baseball, and plenty of football, basketball, hockey to go around. Memorabilia
too. What you won't find is much modern, thankfully...which is part of the
charm.

Trent King

Thanks Trent,

That's sounds great (his BBall focus is the 1940's and early 50s mainly)

[DeafSports]

Surpised to see no date or flyer here. Im very curious!

[IndyDave]

Date is April 19-21

[jp1216]

https://strongsvillesports.com/

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

For those setting up, have you heard any changes to how much modern you can have in your cases? I think it was maybe 10 percent, but has this changed with the venue change?

but it was stressed this is a vintage show allowing for the fact that some dealers sell some modern. I don't recall exact parameters being mentioned.

[parkplace33]

Originally Posted by hcv123

but it was stressed this is a vintage show allowing for the fact that some dealers sell some modern. I don't recall exact parameters being mentioned.

Thanks Howard. I thought before there were more strict parameters about modern. It sounds like now there is not.

[dfletch00]

Glad to see they increased the space .. much needed ..
think it was the first show I ever went to as a kid and I am old.

great vintage show

[IndyDave]

Howard - is this your first time setting up at this show?

Not sure what I will be looking for but I do like all the Kahn's baseball I picked up from you at the National last year.

Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday at the show.

Dave

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by IndyDave

Howard - is this your first time setting up at this show?

Not sure what I will be looking for but I do like all the Kahn's baseball I picked up from you at the National last year.

Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday at the show.

Dave

This will be my 1st time exhibiting at this show! I will have more great Kahn's and lots of other goodies! Look forward to seeing you again.