ROSEMONT, Ill. – With the successful 43rd annual National Sports Collectors Convention in the books, a new chapter will begin for the 2024 show.
On Nov. 1, JBJ Corporation takes over as promoters of the largest card and memorabilia show in the country.
JBJ Corporation — which consists of longtime card/memorabilia dealers Joe Drelich, Brian Coppola and Jim Ryan — will have big shoes to fill. SMI LLC, run by John Broggi and Dan Berkus, orchestrated record-breaking attendance and the largest show floor in event history this year in Chicago.
Drelich, Coppola and Ryan are tasked with taking the show to the next level while satisfying the needs of the constantly growing collectors, dealers and corporate sponsors that travel in droves to the hobby’s premiere event each summer.
All three guys have vast backgrounds in the industry.
Coppola and Ryan, who run JP’s Sports & Rock Solid Promotions, are also partners for the popular White Plains (N.Y.) Baseball Card Show and Long Island Sports Card Shows.
Drelich is the owner of East Coast Sports Marketing LLC. He runs the massive Philadelphia Sports Collectors Show and Collectors Showcase of America (CSA) in Chantilly, Va.
Sports Collectors Digest reached out to JBJ Corporation throughout the week, but the group declined to comment for this story.
Established dealers in the hobby are confident JBJ will step in and make a smooth transition into their role.
“They’re dealers and they understand what the dealer’s
