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
