Here is a link to some numbers but, The Tucson Show is so big and spread out all over town that they could not begin to possibly know the true stats. http://www.biztucson.com/features/worlds-biggest-gem-show-120-million-economic-impact/ Carl -- Love & Life
---- Michael Farmer via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > Absolutely ludicrous post. Tucson has hundreds of thousands of visitors. > > Michael Farmer > > > On Jan 24, 2016, at 12:30 AM, Anne Black via Meteorite-list > > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > > > > Frankly Al, > > > > I have been going to the Tucson show since the year 2000, and it seems to > > be just as busy, crowded now as it was then. I hear the same complaints > > about parking. > > I would love to know how whomever came up with this number managed to count > > people. There are shows all over the city, and entrance is free, people > > wander in and out of hotels, tents,..... There are no tickets to buy, no > > one counting people come in anywhere. So how did whomever get to that > > number? > > > > Curious minds................ > > > > Anne M. Black > > www.IMPACTIKA.com > > impact...@aol.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: almitt2--- via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > > To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > > Sent: Sun, Jan 24, 2016 12:12 am > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] China Now Hosts The World's Largest Gem and > > Mineral Show > > > > Greetings all, > > > > Wondering what the attendance of the Tucson show was in the 1990's. > > If I had to guess I'd say 200,000 or more. I can remember it being so > > much larger than past years I have been able to attend. I remember > > trying to find parking spots for a half hour or more. You learn to > > walk to places rather than drive down the road a bit or you would hunt > > for another parking spot for quite a while. 9-11 changed all of that. > > > > --AL Mitterling > > Mitterling Meteorites > > > > Quoting Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list > > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>: > > > >> Dear List Members, > >> > >> I was shocked to hear that the Tucson Gem and Mineral show is no > >> longer the world's largest. It looks like China is in first place > >> with attendance figures of over 380,000 for a four day event in 2015 > >> compared to less than 40,000 for Tucson. > >> > >> http://www.friendsofmineralogy.org/newsletters/2015_Jul.pdf > >> > >> Maybe I should attend this year to add support for this American show > >> that has been running since 1955 while the Chinese show has only > >> existed for a mere 3 years. > >> > >> Adam > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> > >> Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral > > and > >> the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > >> Meteorite-list mailing list > >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
