The National 2024

[ThoseBackPages]

PSA not on that list either

[jfan2024]

Originally Posted by baseballbunez

Topps/Fanatics not listed as corporate sponsors for the show this year, had heard rumors they would skip for their own show and looking like there may be some truth to it

https://www.nsccshow.com/corporate-sponsors

If this is true, it makes fanatics fest a must go for me given I live in NYC. Considering panini is done soon and the travel to Chicago/Cleveland, maybe fanatics fest just replaces the national each year for me after this one.

[NYBBFAN]

Oh no what will we do without Fanatics Live streamers at the show? How can I even enjoy it now?

[Cardfanusa]

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

PSA not on that list either

Both Fanatics and PSA have large booths on the floor plan?

[jmarascojr]

Originally Posted by crazy4kinsler

Kind of what we were thinking. I need to find the thread from last year in Chicago to see what hotels are best for when the window opens up in July. Just want to be prepared. Won't have a car, and we'll be flying in. Want to catch a Cubs game and do a few other things too as she's going with me. So I'll probably only get 1-2 days at the show then 2-3 days "touring" Chicago. It's for both our 20th anniversary and my 50th birthday.

Don't think The National subforum will pop back up until a couple months prior, so you may have to wait...

Or you can just google map the convention center and see what is around there...
I'm pretty sure there's 1-2 that are connected to the convention center and there's a cluster of 2-3 right across the street (near the steakhouse) so you can walk over...

[theshowandme]

I'd pay an extra $250 for my ticket if the breaker pavilion didn't exist

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by crazy4kinsler

Kind of what we were thinking. I need to find the thread from last year in Chicago to see what hotels are best for when the window opens up in July. Just want to be prepared. Won't have a car, and we'll be flying in. Want to catch a Cubs game and do a few other things too as she's going with me. So I'll probably only get 1-2 days at the show then 2-3 days "touring" Chicago. It's for both our 20th anniversary and my 50th birthday.

If you are taking this as a family vacation, not just a 5 day binge of the National, my suggestion is not the hotel route. If your entire purpose is to spend every waking hour immersed in baseball cards, sure, book the hotel right across the street. But if you aren't tethered to the convention center, I would rent a Vrbo/AirBnB in the area and use it as home base. My family did that last year. We spent 10 days in Chicago. We rented a house in a nice residential neighborhood about 10 minutes east of the convention center. Parking is sufficient around the show, so no need to worry about staying right there. And those neighborhoods have quick access to the interstate to get virtually anywhere you want to go. Being on the north side of town, we went to a Cubs game, a White Sox game, and even drove up to Milwaukee to catch a Brewers game, go to the zoo up there, and to Six Flags. All easy drives from the Rosemont area. And the best part is, the 3 bedroom house we rented was cheaper than the hotels.

[bub838]

Originally Posted by baseballbunez

Topps/Fanatics not listed as corporate sponsors for the show this year, had heard rumors they would skip for their own show and looking like there may be some truth to it

https://www.nsccshow.com/corporate-sponsors

They're on the floor plan. They're just not ponying up extra dough to be a sponsor. Same with PSA (who have the largest booth it looks like)

https://static1.squarespace.com/stat...om+%288%29.pdf

[justrun7]

Originally Posted by baseballbunez

Topps/Fanatics not listed as corporate sponsors for the show this year, had heard rumors they would skip for their own show and looking like there may be some truth to it

https://www.nsccshow.com/corporate-sponsors

I’m not sure what you’re seeing but I see both Topps and Fanatics listed on there.

[bub838]

Originally Posted by justrun7

I’m not sure what you’re seeing but I see both Topps and Fanatics listed on there.

...they must be reading this forum because they weren't on there a second ago...

[baseballbunez]

Looks like the sponsors page did get updated to include them! Was weird seeing everybody else on there BUT them (and PSA as pointed out which I did not notice!) right after the Fanatics Fest announcement but looks to be normal group showing now

[ThoseBackPages]

glad to see it was updated

[ThoseBackPages]

SGC is missing from the list

[speedyjg13]

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

SGC is missing from the list

there's still a long time, SGC will make the list

[fulltritty]

Originally Posted by theshowandme

I'd pay an extra $250 for my ticket if the breaker pavilion didn't exist

The breaker pavilion is the worst.

[OhioPlayer]

I live by Cleveland and can answer many questions about hotels, restaurants, etc.

[OhioPlayer]

Originally Posted by NamesJay

If I rent a car will there be adequate parking at the convention center or will I have to walk quite a ways? I ask because I don't want to walk long ways lugging around cards. If it's a long walk I will probably just Uber.

The center is huge with tons and tons of parking

[ThoseBackPages]

Originally Posted by OhioPlayer

I live by Cleveland and can answer many questions about hotels, restaurants, etc.

is it true about the IX Center being half its size after the pandemic?

[OhioPlayer]

Website says there is a 1/2 million square feet of exhibit space

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

is it true about the IX Center being half its size after the pandemic?

The floor plan for this year's National on the website sure looks smaller.

[itsbaytime]

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

is it true about the IX Center being half its size after the pandemic?

The building is still the same size. They just divided it up differently on the inside.

[ewokpelts]

Originally Posted by crazy4kinsler

Kind of what we were thinking. I need to find the thread from last year in Chicago to see what hotels are best for when the window opens up in July. Just want to be prepared. Won't have a car, and we'll be flying in. Want to catch a Cubs game and do a few other things too as she's going with me. So I'll probably only get 1-2 days at the show then 2-3 days "touring" Chicago. It's for both our 20th anniversary and my 50th birthday.

There’s a ton of hotels in rosemont and elsewhere around ohare. As for cubs or Sox games, they release the schedule typically in June now for the next season.

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

The floor plan for this year's National on the website sure looks smaller.

Here's the floor plan in case people haven't been to the website.

[fulltritty]

Today's the day.

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by fulltritty

Today's the day.

I wonder how early you had to order? I think I bought my tickets in December.