Play Meter
Issue: 1979 December 31 - Vol 5 Num 24 - Page 2
Vol. 5, No. 24
December 31, 1979
staff
Publisher and Editor:
Ralph C. Lally II
Editorial Director:
David Pierson
Managing Editor:
Vicki Darlington
International Editor:
David Snook
Editor, Coin Slot
Technical Editor :
Zac Oliver
Correspondents:
The NAMA 1979 Trade Show attracted nearly 7,800 registrants during the
well-attended euent held October 25 -28 in Chicago .
Pat Matthews
Roger C. Sharpe
Dick Welu
Douglas McCallum
Art Direction:
Katey Schwark
Circulation Manager &
Classified Advertising:
Valerie Cognevich
Typography:
Vickie Lofton
Advertising Representative:
David Pierson
European Representative:
Esmay Leslie
PLAY METER, December 31, 1979.
Volume 5, No . 24 . Copyright 1979 by
Skybird Publishing Company . PLAY
METER ( ISSN 0162-1343) is publish -
ed twice monthly on the 1st and 15th
of the month. Publishing offices: 320
Old Hammond Highway, Metairie, LA
70005, P. 0.
Box 24170, New
Orleans, 70184 . Tel. 504 / 838-8025. ·
Subscription rates: U. S. and Can -
ada - $25; Europe and Japan - $45;
elsewhere - $50 . One order subscrip-
tion : 2-9, $20 each; 10-24, $17 each;
25 or more, $15 each. Advertising
rates available on request . No part of
this magazine may be reproduced
without expressed permission. The
editors are not responsible for
unsolicited manuscripts.
Second-
class postage paid at New Orleans
70113 and other mailing offices.
Postmaster : Send Form 3579 to
PLAY METER. P. 0. Box 24170,
New Orleans, LA 70184 .
European offices:
PLAY METER
Promotions. "Harescombe" Watford
Road, Northwood Middx. England,
Northwood 29244.
The National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) convention
meetings drew standing room only crowds at Chicago 's McCormick Place .
Convention site changed
The 1981 Western Convention-
Exhibit of Vending and Foodservice
Management will be held in Phoenix
from April 3 to 5 instead of San
Diego , according to Jack Rielley ,
director of sales of the National
Automatic Merchandising Associa -
tion (NAMA) .
Traditionally held in California ,
the NAMA Western Show is being
rescheduled to Arizona's largest city
because the trade show has out-
grown the available San Diego
exhibit facilities , Rielley said . The
Phoenix Civic Plaza Convention
Center has larger exhibit and meeting
facilities .
Located only one block from the
exhibit hall , the two convention
hotels . the Adams and Hyatt Re -
gency . are less than five years old
and help to make Phoenix an
attractive choice , Rielley said .
1(1 a recent survey of exhibitors
and convention participants , Phoe-
nix outranked such other cities as Los
Angeles , Seattle and Portland .
The 1980 NAMA Western con -
vention will be held in Anaheim,
California , from March 14 through
16 . The convention usually draws
more than 3 ,000 participants .
I
December 31, 1979
staff
Publisher and Editor:
Ralph C. Lally II
Editorial Director:
David Pierson
Managing Editor:
Vicki Darlington
International Editor:
David Snook
Editor, Coin Slot
Technical Editor :
Zac Oliver
Correspondents:
The NAMA 1979 Trade Show attracted nearly 7,800 registrants during the
well-attended euent held October 25 -28 in Chicago .
Pat Matthews
Roger C. Sharpe
Dick Welu
Douglas McCallum
Art Direction:
Katey Schwark
Circulation Manager &
Classified Advertising:
Valerie Cognevich
Typography:
Vickie Lofton
Advertising Representative:
David Pierson
European Representative:
Esmay Leslie
PLAY METER, December 31, 1979.
Volume 5, No . 24 . Copyright 1979 by
Skybird Publishing Company . PLAY
METER ( ISSN 0162-1343) is publish -
ed twice monthly on the 1st and 15th
of the month. Publishing offices: 320
Old Hammond Highway, Metairie, LA
70005, P. 0.
Box 24170, New
Orleans, 70184 . Tel. 504 / 838-8025. ·
Subscription rates: U. S. and Can -
ada - $25; Europe and Japan - $45;
elsewhere - $50 . One order subscrip-
tion : 2-9, $20 each; 10-24, $17 each;
25 or more, $15 each. Advertising
rates available on request . No part of
this magazine may be reproduced
without expressed permission. The
editors are not responsible for
unsolicited manuscripts.
Second-
class postage paid at New Orleans
70113 and other mailing offices.
Postmaster : Send Form 3579 to
PLAY METER. P. 0. Box 24170,
New Orleans, LA 70184 .
European offices:
PLAY METER
Promotions. "Harescombe" Watford
Road, Northwood Middx. England,
Northwood 29244.
The National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) convention
meetings drew standing room only crowds at Chicago 's McCormick Place .
Convention site changed
The 1981 Western Convention-
Exhibit of Vending and Foodservice
Management will be held in Phoenix
from April 3 to 5 instead of San
Diego , according to Jack Rielley ,
director of sales of the National
Automatic Merchandising Associa -
tion (NAMA) .
Traditionally held in California ,
the NAMA Western Show is being
rescheduled to Arizona's largest city
because the trade show has out-
grown the available San Diego
exhibit facilities , Rielley said . The
Phoenix Civic Plaza Convention
Center has larger exhibit and meeting
facilities .
Located only one block from the
exhibit hall , the two convention
hotels . the Adams and Hyatt Re -
gency . are less than five years old
and help to make Phoenix an
attractive choice , Rielley said .
1(1 a recent survey of exhibitors
and convention participants , Phoe-
nix outranked such other cities as Los
Angeles , Seattle and Portland .
The 1980 NAMA Western con -
vention will be held in Anaheim,
California , from March 14 through
16 . The convention usually draws
more than 3 ,000 participants .
I
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