From the S.C.I. website:

2011-Reno- January 26-29

2012-Las Vegas- February 8-11

2013-Dallas- January 16-19

2014-Las Vegas- February 26-March 1

I wonder if anyone has told them about this SHOT Show thing about the same time?

Rich
DRSS

Dallas is a HUGE mistake for SCI, IMO.
Las Vegas - Well, SCI is just another convention to that city.

SCI was special to Reno - we made their Winter season - and we were treated very well as a result.

Anybody know why SCI stopped using Reno?

www.dallasconventioncenter.com

Click on calendar. 2010 Convention Jan. 7-10

2011 Convention Jan. 6-9


No dates for the Dallas Safari Club listed past 2011.

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Originally posted by LionHunter:
Dallas is a HUGE mistake for SCI, IMO.
Las Vegas - Well, SCI is just another convention to that city.

SCI was special to Reno - we made their Winter season - and we were treated very well as a result.

Anybody know why SCI stopped using Reno?

I believe you and I are a bit biased towards Reno. Many, many folks have complained that Reno was too small and not glitzy enough. If you or I had to travel via air to the show I doubt Reno would be our first choice either.

I will plan to make it to the 2010 and 2011 shows as I can't really see myself traveling to Texas for the SCI show. But I might feel different in a few years.

Yeah, no doubt I'm biased towards Reno, but not simply because of proximity. I do fly up rather than drive.

I've been to a number of SCI conventions in Las Vegas and base my concern on how we were treated by service personnel, from hotel to restaurant and especially taxi drivers.

Besides, Reno has a Cabella's.

And who gives a shit about the hundreds of exibitors with their booth materials stored in Reno having to cart that all over the place to a different location every year?!

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Originally posted by Bahati:
And who gives a shit about the hundreds of exibitors with their booth materials stored in Reno having to cart that all over the place to a different location every year?!

I had never thought of that. No wonder safaris are expensive.

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Originally posted by Bahati:
And who gives a shit about the hundreds of exibitors with their booth materials stored in Reno having to cart that all over the place to a different location every year?!

SCI only cares about how much money they can get into their coffers.

So all depends on how much kickbacks they get from the city that decides where they go.

The only problem with Reno for me is the weather. The two times I have attended SCI Reno, it took as long to get from NM as it does to go to Africa. Dallas or Las Vegas are both much easier to travel to in the winter. Time is the big factor.

I see that there are three reasons for the change:

1. Air travel into Reno during the convention is a nightmare. Not enough capacity for the SCI influx.

2. Hotel and convention floor space is maxed out. Also, there is no viable convention/hotel combo that can really handle the SCI crush (Peppermill does not cut it). As a result, you are spread all over town. Many folks forget that the conventions in the 1970s were a small affair, that worked nicely in Reno. All the exhibitors were in a small room and your admission to the show included all meals and all entertainment. People ate three meals a day with each other, got to know each other, and, from what I hear, many friendships were made and good times were had. Reno was well suited to this environment. Those days are over.

3. The shift of the SCI membership to the heartland. CJ McElroy established the club in California (Los Angeles I think). Reno was an ideal location for the California-based club to have its convention. Now that the membership is so large and widespread, a convention site in the middle of the country is more viable.

Personally, I can be in Dallas in 1.5 hrs, non-stop. I can get to Las Vegas in 3.5 non-stop. Reno takes me all day with at least two connections. As an attendee, I'd prefer either of those over Reno.

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No dates for the Dallas Safari Club listed past 2011.

Only 3 things listed for 2012 so far on the Convention Center calendar and no listing for SCI for 2013 because they don't show the calendar that far out. Don't read to much into the Convention Center on-line calendar or you'll just pull the scab off the whole DSC vs. SCI debate.

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Originally posted by DrScott:
..... just pull the scab off the whole DSC vs. SCI debate.

Which one is the better club?

Saeed may be on to something here...

For me, I like driving a fun car, and the Jag convertible is just that. Eight hours on the road or a bit less, and Patsy Cline on the jukebox.

It's why I'm driving to the shoot in Houston next month!

Rich
roadwarrior