No sir, there will be no TMA booth at the Puyallup Sportsman's Show.
And, unless someone comes forward to run one at the Monroe Show there will also not be a dedicated TMA booth.
Many of our Washington Members, and others too, go to the Monroe Show because it is THE show for Muzzleloaders in the Pacific Northwest.
In the very early days of the TMA the possibility of the Sportsman's Show was indeed checked into, but the price to display at such an event was not for the weak at heart, and cost has only gone up more since 2005 when I last talked to them.
In the old days we could have gotten by, as a Not for Profit Organization, for around $820.00 a
day for a small booth or around $5,000 for the entire event....that Non-Profit Discount is no longer offered to just any organization, it is my understanding it has to be applied for a year or two in advance.,,,.
Today that same booth runs $1,150
a day for the entire show, or $2,200 per day for select days.
Cost for indoors display, such as a New Type of River Boat, Walleye Boat, Bass Boat, ATV, Hummer, etc etc, is $3.00 per sq.ft. with 1,000 sq.ft. minimum.
Cost for outdoor display is $1.50 per sq.ft. with 750 sq.ft. minimum.
I have attended the Sportsman Show several times in the past, sometimes for three, even four days running, and I have yet to see all they do and display at this event.
This may give you an idea of what the costs are......
http://www.thesportshows.com/exhibitor-info/wss/The only thing I'm aware of that is more expensive to display at is the Shot-Show now running in Las Vegas.
My son-in-law who owns Mega Arms in Tumwater WA is paying over $5,000 a day for this.
http://megaarms.com/If Bigsmoke sees this he might chime in on the cost of such operations since he was once a regular at such shows.....I was too when they were held in Dallas Texas.
Bottom line for us in the TMA.......do our best to get someone to man the tables at the Monroe Show but, since only a select few have stepped up to do this over the past seven or eight years those same people are now sometimes too far away, or can't get away from their jobs long enough to volunteer the time.
That plus the fact that was the very first muzzleloading show the TMA hit, the old timers were inundated with literature and folks trying to talk up the Association.
Still yet, there are new comers every year and if the Association had a table I think it might pay for itself, that is if they haven't gone over $50 per day.
Uncle Russ...
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