Automatic Age

THE AUTOMATIC^ AGE
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C H ICAG O , D E C E M B E R , 1928
No. 5
Big Exhibition Bursts Bounds of Exhibit
Hall and Spreads Out Into Other Space
All the booths in the exposition at
Hotel Statler have been sold and de­
posits are held by Secretary Turner
f°r the Annual Convention and E x­
position of the Coin Machine Opera­
tors’ Association of America, Febru­
ary 25th to 28th. Seven booths have
been arranged to be set up in the
Assembly Hall just outside the E x­
hibition Hall. Several of these were
taken at the time this article was
Written and by the time this issue
peaches its readers, they will proba­
bly all be sold.
Secretary Turner wrote to twelve
different manufacturers, who manu­
facture only one or two machines,
asking them if they would not di­
vide their booth, or share it with
another small manufacturer. All of
these manufacturers want to sit
tight. W e think this is a mistake.
*t is to the interest of every man­
ufacturer to make the exposition as
complete as possible. W e want to
show all machines that are made in
America and we picked the best pos­
sible arrangement that could be had.
The exposition hall at the Hotel
Statler is on the same floor with the
convention hall and is only one flight
UP from the main lobby so that it
makes an ideal arrangement but un­
less some of the manufacturers with
° nly one machine will share their
booth with others, some manufactur­
e s will not be able to exhibit.
W e arranged fifty booths and that
© International Arcade Museum
has been ample to house the exposi­
tions heretofore, the largest number
to exhibit previously being 481.
Another point that we have been
asked to call attention to, is that no
manufacturer will be permitted to
have an exhibit in private rooms out­
side of the exposition floor. The ho­
tel management has agreed that it
will ask that any room in the hotel
used for such purpose be vacated.
The hotel realizes that the manage­
ment of every exposition must be
encouraged, and this same difficulty
arises with all trade shows. It seems
that in practically every line there
are some manufacturers who want
to get a room in the hotel and pull
the buyers off and sell them. Cer­
tainly it is no burden on any manu­
facturer to pay the minimum sum of
$20.00 for half a booth, and help in
that way to pay the cost of adver­
tising and arranging the exposition.
W e hope no manufacturer will at­
tempt to have an exhibit in any room
off the convention floor because to
do so will cause the room to be
sealed by the hotel. Certainly the
cost of space has been kept extreme­
ly low and manufacturers should
either co-operate with the show or
remain absent. W e will do our best
to accommodate everybody who ap­
plies for space and we are still hop­
ing that some manufacturers will be
willing to share their booth with
others.
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