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Notes: No Slowdown in Crowds at NSCC; Atlantic City’s Offer; Redemption Cards; Content Creator Confab

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Collectors at the 2023 National Sports Collectors Convention continue to stream into both sides of the mammoth show and the action doesn’t seem to stop. Friday brought another massive crowd.

The show is expected to surpass the 1991 Anaheim National as the biggest card show ever held with crowds likely exceeding 100,000.

Temperatures in the building can be uncomfortable when thousands of people are in the facility by early afternoon.  More fans were seen in the convention center but it’s still plenty warm.

The weather in Rosemont are expected to be cooler on Saturday and Sunday.

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National dealers are voting on the site of the 2026 show while attending the ’23 event here in Chicago after hearing pitches from the three candidates:  Atlantic City, Atlanta and Chicago.  

As part of their recent presentation to dealers, convention officials in AC promised to pay $1,000 toward the cost of each dealer’s booth rental.  That’s quite an incentive, especially for east coast dealers who might have already been considering casting a ballot for the New Jersey shore location, but it’s also an indicator that AC likely believes it would be the underdog without making such an offer.

Atlantic City most recently hosted the National in 2022 and was also the home of the show in 2016.  It’s not a favorite of many collectors and exhibitors from outside the area for a variety of reasons.

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Lines for the wrapper redemption packs at the card companies have been lengthy.  Topps/Fanatics dished out packs containing a mix of baseball, Bowman U, soccer and F1.  

2023 National Silver Packs Checklist

You can see what’s made it’s way to eBay here.

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COMC launched a new app at the show. It’s available in both the App Store and Google Play.

From SC Daily contributor Rick Limpert:

While not recognized as an official National Sports Collectors Convention event, the now annual Youtubers and Podcasters meetup continues to grow as the word gets out about the resource for content creators.
 
Meeting on Thursday night at the Embassy Suites, around 100 people gathered to swap stories, talk about how their National is going in 2023 and most importantly discuss the ins and outs of each creator’s YouTube and/or podcast production. 
 
 
Pizza was served and the cash bar stayed busy for a few hours. Some fans of the YouTube channels also showed up to talk to the collectible content creators.
 
Gathering organizer Mike Moynihan (L) at the gathering of content creators.
 
Mike Moynihan, Baseball Collector on YouTube took in the lead in organizing the night which was attended by men, women and kids.  Dr. James Beckett, who founded Beckett Publications before some of the attendees were born, holds a gathering in conjunction with the Dallas Card Show and he was on hand in Chicago. 
 
Jim Beckett meets an attendee at the National gathering.
 
“I can’t see how we aren’t promoting collecting and the hobby (in general),” explained Moynihan. “Look at the turnout and look at the success the YouTube channels are having. I’m blown away.”

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