Tampa 2020?

[Pete Klein]

Has anyone heard if the Tampa 2020 Token Kai has been scheduled?

 

Thanks.

[b.hennick]

I heard that it will be in Atlanta George March 7-9. This has not been confirmed.

[Ray Singer]

Very interesting, I had not heard that Barry. Is the word that the show is still being managed by Bill Green?

[b.hennick]

The person who told me did not mention who is running the show.

[Grey Doffin]

I told Barry what I had heard and when I have confirmation I will post it here; should be soon.

Grey

[Pete Klein]

Thanks Grey.

[Soshin]

I had a table this year but I have not heard anything about a 2020 Tampa show. 

[Grey Doffin]

Hi guys,

It is official: March 5th (5:00 PM for dealer setup) or March 6 through the 8th, 2020 at the Westin Atlanta Airport hotel in Atlanta, GA.  Let's all of us plan on attending and keep the winter show running and strong.

Grey

[Ray Singer]

Thank you for the update Grey. Who is the showrunner?

[raynor]

Unrelated but have anyone gotten their origami from the Tampa Shinsa earlier this year?

[Grey Doffin]

Bill & Natalya Green are in charge.  The show's website hasn't been updated yet; once it has, if i remember, I'll post a link here.

Grey

[Ed]

Atlanta?? The end of a long tradition in Tampa.  That borders on Sacrilege 

[Stephen]

kinda quiles me ever wanting to make a winter show again, one of the points of getting away for frozen Iowa, sigh. 

[Peter Bleed]

There has been lots of history to the Tampa show. There are reasons why it was there and a success, but time and communities change. The community was good. And I have always enjoyed that - cheesey - auction. The banquet was IMHO always too costly - and way too calorific. But THE thing that made the Tampa Show a success was the ease of getting there - you never had to leave the Airport.

Atlanta is a central spot. It might work as a replacement.

Please keep us informed.

Peter

[DRDave]

Central?  Talking about this one?

[Ken-Hawaii]

Ha, ha. When you look at airport traffic, Atlanta is about as central as you can get.

[Soshin]

Thanks for the updated information Grey. Atlanta would be a easier trip for me with a cheaper flight.   

[Apercus]

This weekend is the Japanese Festival in Atlanta. If a show was held during this same weekend or in conjunction with the Japanese festival the attendance would be far greater than average. Just a thought.

Shannon Hogg

[Stephen]

jumped flights at the ATL no thanks not a fan of that airport

[Pete Klein]

http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/29782-Japan-festival-in-atlanta-this-weekend/

 

link to Shannon's post

[Apercus]

Thanks for the comments. That’s not my first bad idea.

Shannon

[Pete Klein]

Link to Atlanta show homepage:  https://www.southeastshowsauctions.com/atlanta-2020.html

[Stephen]

$225 a table?

My how times have changed.

It would take a very good show to cover cost as some have at least three tables. Not adding the rest always was a rich boys game.

[Pete Klein]

Stephen - you need to go to the Chicago Show.  It's a lot closer to home for you and is actually quite reasonable.

http://www.chicagoswordshow.com/

[Stephen]

Yes Pete its on my want to list..if the legs quite being a problem. One hour of driving my gbaby to school n me back home i can hardly stand when i get out of the truck.

[Jussi Ekholm]

I've never been in US shows but I am wondering aren't the shows really close to each other as there is about a month between the shows?

[Pete Klein]

Jussi - yes, that is a problem.  The Tampa show used to be in early February so it was two and a half months to Chicago which wasn't all that bad.  At some point this is going to turn into just two shows as this has gotten unrealistic.  The Tampa show has been fading for years and it probably should have been moved to an earlier month  'but' then you get issues with winter storms causing travel problems.  There are a lot of East Coast people who won't go to the San Fran show due to the distance and now the costs are getting up there as well.  We'll just have to see how the market decides.

 

Stephen - yeah, I understand totally.  I had to retire recently because of similar issues but also with my back, neck and shoulders.  I couldn't do it any more.  Dentistry is a Mother XXXXXX!  I stopped driving to Tampa five or six years ago because my legs would go numb after three hours.  This is not conducive to safe driving...!  LOL  The nice thing was that I could fly there in 45 minutes and the price was inexpensive so well worth it.