Hamvention Reports Second-Largest Attendance Ever for 2017 Show:

The tally is in, and Hamvention 2017, at its new venue in Xenia, Ohio, attracted 29,296 attendees, official spokesperson Mike Kalter, W8CI, told ARRL. That is the second-largest attendance in the history of the event. Hamvention attendance peaked in 1993 at 33,669, before the 1996 change in date from April to May, when the show was still being held at Hara Arena. Attendance in 2016 for the show's final year at Hara was 25,364. Hamvention relocated to the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center this year, after Hara Arena closed last summer. Hamvention General Chair Ron Cramer, KD8ENJ, called 2017 "a most successful year."

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