Seeking Ideas for a Convention Theme for the June 2025 CCA Show

[Mike Nawrocki R-8733]

The 32nd Annual CCA Casino Collectibles Show is scheduled at The South Point Resort Casino for June 12-14, 2025.

There is much work that needs to be done between now and then and one of the first dominos to fall is selecting the Convention Theme.

Working with our new Convention Chairs (David and Leslie Sowell) as well as the Publicity Director (Brad Smith) and the Social Media Director (Paul Schaffer), we need to get the theme selected in the coming weeks.

So we are asking for your ideas about some themes to consider for our 32nd convention.

Please simply reply to this post in the next 2 weeks with your ideas and on or around November 18th, the Convention Chairs, with input from Brad and Paul, will select a theme and submit it to the Board of Directors for approval.

Some Early Suggestions already being considered include:

• Keep Calm and Double Down. The 2025 Casino Collectibles Show.
• Where Casino History Lives! The 2025 Casino Collectibles Show.
• Glitz, Glamor and Gaming. The 2025 Casino Collectibles Show.  (the three Gs)

I've attached some of the previous Convention Themes for inspiration.

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For future years, we are considering a process where we will solicit input from the general membership each  Spring and will select 3-5 Themes as finalists and then set up a Voting box at the club table during the next convention.  We will then announce the winner in the next edition of the magazine.

If you have any questions, please contact me at mike.nawrocki@tfcgi.com.

[Mike Nawrocki R-8733]

How about a spin on the entirety of the casino collectibles hobby - with the convention theme this year focusing on the collectibles other than the chips?  (Silver Strikes, Cards, Ashtrays, Matchbooks, Swizzle Sticks, Postcards, etc.)

Other variations:
"Its About More Than Chips"
"We're About More Than Chips"
....

With the end of physical Casino Chips seeming more and more likely to arrive within the next 10-20 years, a pivot to make sure we are not entirely reliant on Chips seems like a logical message to promote.

Add your additional ideas Please!

-- Mike

[Bob Miksztal R-8909]

Maybe "all about chips...and more!" ?