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10 years ago ???
I haven't been to one in about 15 years, and that one sucked ass compared to what they were back in the 80's, the "Better Living Center" building was half empty.
In the 80's, when they advertised the show as "900 tables", the place was totally packed, and it took all day to walk around and see everything.
But in all fairness, they were the only show around at the time because the Marlboro, Wilmington and Foxboro shows didn't yet exist back then.
Springfield was THE Big Show for New England.
Then I went to a show in Phoenix, and it was easily FIVE TIMES bigger than the old Springfield show, and I realized how lame it was in comparison.

<blockquote data-quote="Zappa" data-source="post: 9425092" data-attributes="member: 10141">10 years ago ???I haven&#039;t been to one in about 15 years, and that one sucked ass compared to what they were back in the 80&#039;s, the &quot;Better Living Center&quot; building was half empty.In the 80&#039;s, when they advertised the show as &quot;900 tables&quot;, the place was totally packed, and it took all day to walk around and see everything.But in all fairness, they were the only show around at the time because the Marlboro, Wilmington and Foxboro shows didn&#039;t yet exist back then.Springfield was THE Big Show for New England.Then I went to a show in Phoenix, and it was easily FIVE TIMES bigger than the old Springfield show, and I realized how lame it was in comparison. <img src="/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/007.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt="[shocked]" title="Shocked&nbsp; &nbsp; [shocked]" data-shortname="[shocked]" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zappa, post: 9425092, member: 10141"] 10 years ago ??? I haven't been to one in about 15 years, and that one sucked ass compared to what they were back in the 80's, the "Better Living Center" building was half empty. In the 80's, when they advertised the show as "900 tables", the place was totally packed, and it took [I]all day[/I] to walk around and see everything. But in all fairness, they [I]were[/I] the only show around at the time because the Marlboro, Wilmington and Foxboro shows didn't yet exist back then. Springfield was [I]THE[/I] Big Show for New England. Then I went to a show in Phoenix, and it was easily FIVE TIMES bigger than the old Springfield show, and I realized how lame it was in comparison. [shocked] [/QUOTE]

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