Announcing: The Card Show - 2013 Calgary Edition

[gomaz]

Ladies and Gentlemen, we heard you loud and clear. Calgary needs a card show. This is it!


The Card Show - 2013 Calgary Edition

Details:

• Marcel (Mack) and Jeremy (gomaz) have teamed up to organize this show.

• The Card Show will be held on Saturday November 23 and Sunday November 24 at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Centre located at 2120 16 Ave NE, Calgary, Alberta.

• Show hours: Saturday 10-6, Sunday 10-3. *Sunday is Grey Cup day so we wanted to end early. We will likely stay till 5:00 but vendors are welcome to pack up for 3:00 if that suits them better.

• 50-60 tables.

• Table rent = $125 plus GST per 8' table

• General admission will be $5 per day or $8 for a weekend pass.

• Security will be on site overnight Friday and Saturday.

• Friday night setup starts at 6pm.

• We arranged a block rate at the attached hotel for $129 per night plus applicable taxes. Phone: (403) 291-4666 to book.

• Onsite food includes a full-menu restaurant, a pub and a Starbucks.

If you have any questions please feel free to ask here or PM me. To book a table please PM Mack or gomaz. To reserve your table(s) it will be $50 each and the final payment is due October 28, 2013.

Please help us spread the word in your area. Alberta has a huge collector base so we are expecting a great show!

[Zuback]

I got this off of the Hobby Insider site:

http://www.hobbyinsider.net/forum/sh...63#post2116763


I hope it comes through for everyone to look at.


Finally, we have one closer to us in Southern Alberta.....


Tony

[jogesc2]

Sweet, thanks for doing this, it's been way too long.

[bdiam]

Does the price of admission, cover the cost of having security in the parking lot to ensure that our vehicles are still there when we leave?

Should have just moved it south a few blocks into Forest Lawn. That way, instead of 80% of the collectors in the city not attending, you could have gotten it into the 90% range.

[jogesc2]

Is this show still on this weekend?

[AdamCormier]

Jeremy..thanks for taking the time to organize what sounds like a great event..I've been jealous of all the shows in BC and ON for some time and will see u there

[gomaz]

Show is still on this weekend. We have secured four autograph guests for the weekend including 3 Stanley Cup winners and one of the top prospects in the 2014 NHL draft. Listen for our radio ad running through Saturday on Sportsnet 960 in Calgary.

The Clarion Hotel and Conference Centre is located on 16th Avenue which is also the TransCanada highway. The location is often used by large corporations and organizations so please ignore bdiam's scare tactics. But since bdiam has attempted to sabotage this show, to address her concerns, we did learn that the hotel, as all hotels do, has a security guard on site 24/7.

We are down to having only one table left so if anyone is interested please email us at [email protected].

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[jogesc2]

Sweet, thanks for the update. My wife and I have a rental property in Mayland Heights only a few blocks from this hotel and the area is very safe.

[gomaz]

Sweet, thanks for the update. My wife and I have a rental property in Mayland Heights only a few blocks from this hotel and the area is very safe.

Thank you for your post. Much appreciated. Look forward to meeting you if we already haven't. Please be sure to say hello. Always love meeting other collectors and forum members!

[bdiam]

Show is still on this weekend. We have secured four autograph guests for the weekend including 3 Stanley Cup winners and one of the top prospects in the 2014 NHL draft. Listen for our radio ad running through Saturday on Sportsnet 960 in Calgary.

The Clarion Hotel and Conference Centre is located on 16th Avenue which is also the TransCanada highway. The location is often used by large corporations and organizations so please ignore bdiam's scare tactics. But since bdiam has attempted to sabotage this show, to address her concerns, we did learn that the hotel, as all hotels do, has a security guard on site 24/7.

We are down to having only one table left so if anyone is interested please email us at [email protected].

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Scare tactics and sabotage? - have you been watching those reality paranormal shows again?

Bossa put on large shows in Calgary for many years and almost every one, was a huge success (ie) huge turn-out, quality dealers setting-up, five-star HOF's doing autographs etc. In each of these cases, the shows were held at the Deerfoot Inn Casino, which happens to be in the South. The one show where things didn't go "so smoothly", was held in the NE (ie) much lower turn-out and a few problems with people's vehicles on the Friday evening. Now, you can spin things however you like but facts are facts.

As far as "scaring" people from attending this show, no such thing - diehard collectors will go to a decent card show, no matter what the weather is or where it is located. My point, was simply that more people will attend a show when you have it in a better part of town. Nice deflection though. Have a good show.