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View Poll Results: What should the Upstairs for the next National look like.
More Dealers -- might fit an extra 300-400 8 23.53%
Grading Companies, Auto's and breakers - move all dealers down stairs. 18 52.94%
Food Trucks and Corporate booths and auto guests - with seating 4 11.76%
WWE should rent it and have a huge fanfest 2 5.88%
Fanatics should rent it and have a mini Fanfest 0 0%
Have a Huge trade night during the show with a fee to enter with tables and chairs. 0 0%
Other Ideas 2 5.88%
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Old 08-31-2024, 03:24 PM   #1
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Default Poll: What should the upstairs floor plan be?

So the National for the next 3 years in Rosemont got me thinking. What's the best use for the upstairs area. Now I don't know if the National committee rents out the entire upstairs or not. Last year was the first time I have ever seen it used for the National. But which of these options, or mix of, would you like to see.
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Old 08-31-2024, 06:03 PM   #2
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Have more dealers but have all downstairs.

Corporate booths downstairs is fine if they are auction houses, graders, sport products. Take breakers, Vee Friends and crap like that upstairs. That would free up space for additional dealer booths downstairs.
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Old 09-04-2024, 01:02 PM   #3
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Have a museum section for the guys that bring stuff they never plan to sell
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Old 09-04-2024, 06:32 PM   #4
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Upstairs should be for breakers, influencers, and the auction houses. Mostly stuff no once cares about.
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Old 09-04-2024, 06:39 PM   #5
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There should be no "upstairs".
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Old 09-04-2024, 06:55 PM   #6
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How many people know what the upstairs was used for at the last Chicago National?
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Old 09-06-2024, 05:10 PM   #7
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How many people know what the upstairs was used for at the last Chicago National?
The only thing upstairs (to my knowledge, and I walked the skywalk multiple times a day) last year (2023) was a couple of hospitality suites for some companies. There was nothing but bathrooms and some open space that were open to the public.
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The only thing upstairs (to my knowledge, and I walked the skywalk multiple times a day) last year (2023) was a couple of hospitality suites for some companies. There was nothing but bathrooms and some open space that were open to the public.
They moved the autograph back room area upstairs at the 2023 National in Chicago to make room for moor dealer booths downstairs.

They did not use the full space but this took up about 1/4 to 1/3 of the upstairs area.

They also used it as a staging are for people entering the show when the lobby got to full.
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