{"id":20274,"date":"2016-08-01T15:12:48","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T19:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=20274"},"modified":"2016-08-01T15:44:20","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T19:44:20","slug":"breaking-2017-dayton-hamvention-to-be-held-at-the-greene-county-fairgrounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/breaking-2017-dayton-hamvention-to-be-held-at-the-greene-county-fairgrounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: 2017 Dayton Hamvention to be held at the Greene County Fairgrounds"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dayton<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Scott Gamble (W5BSG), who writes:<\/p>\n

I just saw this local news post about the venue for Hamvention 2017.<\/p>\n

(Source: WDTN<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"Image:<\/a>

Image: Chris Smith \/ WDTN Photo<\/p><\/div>\n

XENIA, Ohio (WDTN) \u2013 Days after Hara Arena announced it will close its doors, an announcement from Greene County officials revealed that Hamvention will be held at the Greene County Fairgrounds next year, according to our partners at the Xenia Gazette.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The event for ham-radio enthusiasts generated about $21 million last year and drew a crowd of more than 27,000 for Montgomery County. The proceeds for this year\u2019s event will now go to Greene County.<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Continue reading at WDTN..<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

And here is a link to the fairgrounds site for information about the location.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.greenecountyfairgrounds.com\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many thanks for the tip, Scott!<\/p>\n

I just did a quick distance calculation on Google Maps and determined that the distance between HARA Arena and the new location is only about 35 minutes.<\/p>\n

\"HARA-Arena-To-Greene-County-Fairgrounds\"<\/a><\/p>\n

For some of us who regularly stay on the east side of Dayton, our commute may be even be a little shorter.<\/p>\n

At first glance–and since I’ve never been to this facility, I can’t speak with any certainty–it looks like there’s very little in terms of indoor exhibitor area. I’ve pasted a screen grab from the Fairgrounds website showing a list of their buildings\u00a0and dimensions<\/a>:
\n\"Greene-County-Fairgrounds\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I had done a little research the other day\u00a0and came to the conclusion that Montgomery County and the City of Dayton had no truly suitable locations for the Hamvention.<\/p>\n

Looking at the official Dayton Convention and Visitors Bureau website<\/a>, there’s simply nothing large enough to accommodate the Hamvention exhibitors and visitors\u00a0. The biggest offering is the Dayton Convention Center<\/a>, but it’s tiny compared to HARA Arena.<\/p>\n

There’s also the Nutter Center<\/a>, but it’s not designed as a convention space, so to speak.<\/p>\n

Moving to\u00a0Cincinnati, there is the\u00a0Duke Energy Convention Center<\/a>,\u00a0which looks to be as modern as the facility in Friedrichshafen, Germany.\u00a0It might hold the indoor part of the Hamvention, but doesn’t look big enough to handle the parking and a flea market.<\/p>\n

I’m sure DARA<\/a> has done their research and the Greene County Fairgrounds are the next best option. I hope vendors and exhibitors agree and attend next year.<\/p>\n

I plan to attend the 2017 Hamvention and I’m hoping the new facility will\u00a0please everyone. I imagine it’ll be no small task for DARA to relocate such a large event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Scott Gamble (W5BSG), who writes: I just saw this local news post about the venue for Hamvention 2017. (Source: WDTN) XENIA, Ohio (WDTN) \u2013 Days after Hara Arena announced it will close its doors, an announcement from Greene County officials revealed that Hamvention will be held at the Greene […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[5290,1142,5308,5309],"class_list":["post-20274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-2017-hamvention","tag-dayton-hamvention","tag-greene-county-fairgrounds","tag-scott-gamble-w5bsg"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5h0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20204,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/hara-arena-to-close-dayton-hamvention-to-use-new-venue\/","url_meta":{"origin":20274,"position":0},"title":"HARA Arena to close, Dayton Hamvention to use new venue","author":"Thomas","date":"July 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Eric (WD8RIF) for passing along the following news via WDTN and DARA (the\u00a0Dayton Amateur Radio Association). 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