[PBARC] Dayton Hamvention Information.....

[WOLF, EARNEST G]

Hamvention reports attendance down in 2003: Hamvention reported June 4 that attendance for this year's 52nd show was 22,168, down a bit more than 10 percent from last year's crowd. 

The 2003 attendance figure included "ticket sales and name badges issued," Hamvention said. Hamvention Production Manager Garry Matthews, KB8GOL, said weather plays a big factor in attendance, and this year was no exception. "Our biggest contributing factor to the drop was the near-constant rain on Saturday," he said. "We had a whole day washed out." 

On the plus side, Matthews said, Hamvention 2003 came close to selling out vendor spaces, and many vendors reported that they had a good year, despite the smaller crowd. 

Attendance at last year's 50th anniversary event was 24,832, down about 5 percent from 2001's crowd of 26,151, but the crowd size climbed to 28,804 in 2000, the year of the ARRL National Convention at Hamvention. 

The 2003 number marks the third year in a row that Hamvention's attendance had dipped. 

Hamvention 2004 will be held May 14-16. Matthews says negotiations now are under way to secure a new contract with Hara Arena. For more information, visit the Hamvention <http://www.hamvention.org/>  Web site. 



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