White Rose Game Show 2020 - Buy, sell, trade, want (no corona virus talk)

At least not yet, it can always happen. We are past due for a snow storm for the show.

There are a lot of good food options within a few minutes drive from the show. Someday, we hope to make a list of them that we can hand out.

The first show seems like it was just the other day. It was held in a Firehall on Market Street. I had a Comet and World's Fair at the show. My buddy brought a Lucky Ace that he painted in his dark basement and well it looked like he painted it in a dark basement while wearing sunglasses.

Would anyone like to guess which vendor was at that show and every one since then? ( I think they didn't make it the year that Chicago scheduled the same weekend)

It is still too early to make a decision about canceling an even in October, so we are very much in wait and see mode. Or if you prefer corporate speak, we are monitoring the situation and will provide a status update when new information is available.

Good guess but Mike is too young.

You're correct. Mayfair has been to all but one of the shows.

Steve never made it to the York show. He did go to Allentown several times.

I've been watching that story closely. The Governor has been threatening to not remove the green status until there is a Covid vaccine. A limit of 250 people would cause the show to be canceled.

It's all political at this point, there won't be any rational decision. We'll end up with something like you can assemble more than 250 people but only on Thursdays that have an odd numbered date. The State is going after some businesses that didn't follow the rules with a vengeance and ignoring others.

Thanks, I do appreciate that but it isn't necessary. What everyone can do to help the show (if it happens this year) is to support the vendors and buy from them at the show. The vendors are what keep the shows running year after year. I know some of the vendors lose money every year attending the show but they keep coming back and support the show.

As to increasing the admission price, I don't have any plans to do so. As long as the show keeps growing attendance wise and that outpaces the ever growing expenses, it is fine at $15 admission.

Thanks Skip. Looks like sometime in August is when we will make the final decision. It will be based on what the state allows, how many vendors and people signed up to bring games.

T shirts for the show have always been a risk financially and aren't that profitable. (break even point is something like 70% sold) I don't know if it getting any made for this year is a wise move. Shipping charges have gotten to the point where it is sort of silly to ship them individually. It costs somewhere around $5 to ship one and that doesn't include the price of the packaging.

If we go ahead with the show, there are many other details about the show that I am unsure how we can handle and stay within the state guidelines such as the Pizza night for vendors / people with games.

Again, thanks for the offer but financial help isn't needed or wanted. I keep enough money in the show fund in the event something like this happens.

The only major expense the show will incur if it gets canceled would be the penalties that the Fairgrounds may charge us. (which is the full rental price) I don't know if they would actually enforce that clause of the contract due to the virus but they are within their rights to do so.

Neato burrito's Cowboy Crunch or any other burrito they sell with the Feta cheese salsa is the best burrito this area has to offer.

And just to rub salt into the wound. The weather this weekend was perfect and better weather than we have had for the past several years on the show weekend.

Yes, it has rained every year for the past 6 or 7 years.