NY Boat Show Adding Fall Dates

[sierra]

Starting next year the NY Boat Show will add fall dates to help in the recovery from Sandy.

You can see the press release here.

 

[Rich122]

I remember the days it was over two weekends close to the Christmas/New Years holiday. And a great show with lots of boat and large yachts. However not to start, but the JJC is an expensive venue, and because of that and the downward economy, many of the vendors accepted the 5 day show and didn't bring in many boats to cut costs. Some vendors from the past never even signed up last year.....so how is the government getting involved adding not only days to the winter show, but now adding fall dates. Is NYS kicking in tax payer dollars, since it's a "tri state show", is NJ and Ct kicking in....or is the Gov just pipe dreaming

 

[rbmitchell]

I've been going to the NY show since it was at the Coliseum at Columbus Circle and have watched the size and quality of the show disintegrate each year. For me, the greatest part of the show is the ferry boat ride across the Hudson to get there. Now I have begun to fly to the Miami show (from NJ).

I think the "fall show" is simply competition for the existing, non-NY, venues. More socialist "help".

 

[Good Grief]

Went to the show last year for the first time in 6 yrs - -what a change! The display area was probably 60% of earlier events.

 

[Les Hall]

Yes, the NY show, 20 years ago, was considered one of the "Majors" - like the Miami and Ft. Lauderdale shows. No longer.