The Gem and Mineral Show is the most important event for Tucson's economy
which has declined to new lows the last few years. Tucson needs to be
recognized for more than consistently making the top ten list of most
impoverished cities in the United States. Perhaps they should double down
and again regain title to hosting the world's largest Gem and Mineral Show.
http://www.cbsnews.com/media/americas-11-poorest-cities/8/
http://tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/census-tucson-sixth-poorest-large-city/article_29e20cf8-6bd2-58bc-bece-d75eef1dfad4.html
http://howafrica.com/10-poorest-cities-in-america-of-2015/
I remember having to book hotel rooms months in advance and having great
difficulty securing a rental car 16 years ago around show time. I checked
to see available just yesterday and getting a room is no problem this year
so there is a bright side to this downturn in fortunes.
Adam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anne Black via Meteorite-list" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
To: <almi...@localnet.com>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 11:30 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] China Now Hosts The World's Largest Gem and
Mineral Show
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
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