Boston 2026 World Stamp Show

Pacific '97 was in San Francisco in the Moscone Center.
Ameripex was in the Donald E. Stephens Convention & Conference Center, Rosemont, Ill.

For International Tourism,

San Francisco is top five with 1483 per 1000 residents or 2.2181 Million visitors
Chicago is 8th, 199 per 1000 residents or 1.413 Million visitors.
Boston 10th, 569 per 1000 residents or 1.152 Million visitors.


As to the Suggestion of Florida, of the top five international tourists spots yet to hold an International, two are in Florida and one is in California.

Boston was chosen because it is 250 years since 1776. It's that simple.

I will not be attending Boston 2026 due to cost considerations.

I attended Pacific 97 for 3 days -- free airfare and cheap lodging at the YMCA. I attended Washington 2006 for the entire show -- I was exhibiting, I was an attending Society officer, and had free lodging with a Society friend. I also attended World Columbian Expo for 2-3 days.

When the decision was being made between Columbus, OH and Boston, I was fervently hoping Columbus would be chosen but knew the chances were minimal. Columbus is about 235 miles from me, Boston about 875 miles.

A cost projection to attend Boston compared to Columbus (5 days with a friend to share travel expenses) reveals Columbus would've been at least 60% less expensive; probably more like 65-70%. This includes only travel expenses (gas, lodging, meals, parking), no philatelic purchases.

I have attended several shows in Columbus -- Colopex (4 times) when it was a WSP show as well as StampShow (3 times). The Columbus people did an excellent job hosting all the of the shows I've attended.

I'm confident the Boston people will conduct a successful show, even with the unknowns regarding the tariff situation. I've been to Boston and would have no concerns regarding my safety if I attended in 2026.

I certainly wish Boston 2026 a successful show and wish all those attending a safe, rewarding, worthwhile show. I suspect they will.

To PPG's point about crime it was announced today that arrests in the South End are up 164% due to spillover crime from the ongoing Mass and Cass, government tolerated (policies) open air drug market. Not the Boston I worked in for years. Yes, there was big city crime in the day but not related to policy decisions. To be fair though, ten years ago nobody could have foreseen this blue cities lurch to the hard left and the baggage that comes with it such as the staggering number of illegals who are felons, many of the crimes relating to child sex offenses. Nor could it have been foreseen that it would be encouraged to do your drugs in the open, taking over entire blocks and get the money for your drugs by stealing from businesses and tourists/office workers.

I would go and I live in MA but the expense and hassle of getting into Boston isn't worth it to me. To each their own.

You have it backwards; the city shut down and cleared said encampment, with the unfortunate result that people there are now spilling out into the surrounding neighborhood as they're homeless and have nowhere else to go. Before it was concentrated in a single place; now it's more diffuse, leading to more encounters and more arrests. Would not want to be a South End renter/property owner at the moment, that's for sure.

Still, it's remarkable how isolated this is to the South End: this is not a problem that folks coming to the show in Seaport or staying nearby are likely to encounter. (And since it's tripped up others here, South End is not the same as South Boston, which does border the Seaport.)

You are showing a lack of understanding of big cities. They did not "lurch to the hard left" They are not "hard left" in any case. But big cities have long been blue, often even in red states. And long before ten years ago.

Actually any American city chosen for 2026 would be 250 years after 1776.

Any city does not have the history that Boston has from then, and that is not true in any case. Many cities did not exist until much later.

Funny how math works 2026-1776=250. No I did this in my head. But to double check, I pulled out a calculator and entered 2026, minus, 1776 and got the answer of 250.

Perhaps my calculator is defective, but it did not require a "city" to be entered to complete the calculation.

By the way the Boston history is rather boring at this time, being so covered in schools and such.Plus what has it done lately? There were settlements over 250 years old in more interesting unknown US history areas, in say, Alaska. Not to mention other vast parts of the USA obtained via purchases. Even Virginia City, NV carries significant history to the USA allowing the continued financing of the Federal Government's put down of the generally democrat rebellion in support of slavery, aka. the Civil War. It is located just a few minutes from Reno, NV.

I'd advise revcollector and others similarly inclined to heed the oldest exhortation on the internet: please don't feed the trolls.

I'm sure the organizing committee is looking forward to hearing everyone's input regarding location for the 2036 show, assuming stamp shows are still a thing a decade hence. Until then, the upcoming international show will be in Boston; some of us will be in attendance, and others won't. Let's keep the discussion focused on preparations for it, shall we?

Sometimes feeding the trolls is good for a few laughs, and right now we can use all the laughs we can get. Pretending that the 250th Anniversary of the Revolution should be celebrated in a city that helped win the Civil War (and is near Reno) is pretty funny.

Reno is actually a pleasant little city (currently home to my oldest).

I'm looking forward to the Boston show and intend to make a bit of a family trip out of it - part stamp show, part vacation, part college visit trip for kid #3. Hotels in the immediate vicinity are expensive, but remember that Boston has one of the better mass transit systems in the US. I lived in Boston for 3 years in the late 90s without a car, and I think some more affordable hotel options are available if you're willing to use the T.

I'm sure Reno is very nice, but it's not a city that has anything to do with the revolution. Which is the point of my previous comment.

Speaking of, it just came up!! Couldn't the wife put a nickel in with the sandwich?

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