May 05, 2021
Since we’re celebrating the 60
th anniversary of NACS this year, let’s take trip down the NACS Show memory lane…
The 1970s was a pivotal decade for NACS—it’s when the NACS Annual Meeting became the industry's must-attend event. Cabana exhibits made up an Equipment Exhibit at the 1973 meeting, and three years later the first full expo was held in Atlanta—a 20,000 net square foot expo.
By the time the 1980s rolled around, the expo changed from every three years to every two until 1986 when it became a permanent component of the meeting, which was also rebranded as the NACS Show.