[meteorite-list] China Now Hosts The World's Largest Gem and Mineral Show

From: Anne Black <impactika_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 02:30:28 -0500
Message-ID: <152728a8c74-579d-47a0_at_webprd-m19.mail.aol.com>

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
IMPACTIKA at aol.com


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From: almitt2--- via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
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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
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>?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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