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'''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. | '''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: [http://www.nsccshow.com nsccshow.com] | 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; however, the 2014 edition was the third most attended event (43,200) in the 35-year history of The National. | ||
The 36th annual National Sports Collectors Convention is scheduled to take place from July 29 to August 2, 2015 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois. | |||
More information can be found at the National's organizers have a web site: [http://www.nsccshow.com nsccshow.com] | |||
==Previous Sites of the National== | ==Previous Sites of the National== | ||
Revision as of 16:35, 11 August 2014
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; however, the 2014 edition was the third most attended event (43,200) in the 35-year history of The National.
The 36th annual National Sports Collectors Convention is scheduled to take place from July 29 to August 2, 2015 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois.
More information can be found at the National's organizers have a web site: nsccshow.com
Previous Sites of the National
2014 I-X Center; Cleveland, OH
2013 Donald E. Stephens Convention Center; Rosemont, IL
2012 Baltimore (MD) Convention Center
2011 Donald E. Stephens Convention Center; Rosemont, IL
2010 Baltimore (MD) 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 (CA) Convention Center
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 (NJ) Convention Center
2017 Donald E. Stephens Convention Center; Rosemont, IL
2018 I-X Center; Cleveland, OH
2019 Donald E. Stephens Convention Center; Rosemont, IL
2020 I-X Center; Cleveland, OH