National, The (NSCC)

National, The: (NSCC) The National Sports Collectors Convention, an annual card show that has grown from a small hotel ballroom card show to the premiere card show/trade show/mega-event it is today. First staged in 1980, The National rotates venues on a yearly basis.

The National may have reached its apex in 1991, when 100,000 collectors attended the 12th National in Anaheim, California. By comparison, the 1999 National in Atlanta drew a crowd of only 25,000. More information can be found at the National's organizers have a web site: nsccshow.com

Next year's National

2014 I-X Center; Cleveland, OH

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Previous Sites of the National

2013 Donald E. Stephens Convention Center; Rosemont, IL

2012 Baltimore - Baltimore Convention Center

2011 Donald E. Stephens Convention Center; Rosemont, IL

2010 Baltimore Convention Center

2009 I-X Center; Cleveland, OH

2008 Donald E. Stephens Convention Center; Rosemont, IL

2007 I-X Center; Cleveland, OH

2006 Anaheim (CA) Convention Center

2005 Donald E. Stephens Convention Center; Rosemont, IL

2004 I-X Center; Cleveland, OH

2003 Atlantic City (NJ) Convention Center

2002 Donald E. Stephens Convention Center; Rosemont, IL

2001 I-X Center; Cleveland, OH

2000 Anaheim (CA) Convention Center

1999 Georgia World Congress Center; Atlanta

1998 Rosemont (IL) Exposition Center

1997 I-X Center; Cleveland, OH

1996 Anaheim Convention Center; Anaheim, CA

1995 Cervantes Convention Center; St. Louis

1994 George R. Brown Convention Center; Houston

1993 McCormick Place; Chicago

1992 Georgia World Congress Center; Atlanta

1991 Anaheim (CA) Convention Center

1990 Arlington (TX) Convention Center

1989 Hyatt Regency Hotel; Chicago

1988 Atlantic City (NJ) Convention Hall

1987 Moscone Center; San Francisco

1986 Arlington (TX) Convention Center

1985 Disneyland Hotel; Anaheim, CA

1984 Aspen Hotel; Parsippany, NJ

1983 Holiday Inn O'Hare-Kennedy; Chicago

1982 St. Louis

1981 Plymouth (MI) Hilton

1980 Marriott Los Angeles Airport Hotel

Future National Sites

2015 Donald E. Stephens Convention Center; Rosemont, IL

2016 Atlantic City Convention Center; NJ

2017 Donald E. Stephens Convention Center

2018 I-X Center; Cleveland, OH

2019 Donald E. Stephens Convention Center

2020 I-X Center