Sometimes things , events , companies and products simple run their course . By no fault of their own , things go from fresh to overplayed . Remember the International Amateur Open ? It was a groundbreaking event that was new , fresh and exciting for more than 15 years … and then it wasn ’ t anymore . Time has a way of doing that . And that ’ s what happened to the Paintball Extravaganza .
When Rick Chard announced and ran the first Paintball Extravaganza in 2005 it was the first-ever standalone , multiday paintball business event of its kind . The event drew a modest 18 vendors and 26 field owners and everyone in attendance knew this was going to take off . And it did . At its peak in 2014 the event drew 65 vendors and 280 paintball field owners . And then slowly it lost its panache .
In 2023 Major League Paintball , a sister company to the NXL , purchased the Extravaganza and will replace it with The Summit Trade Show in March of 2024 . The Summit will be held in Las Vegas , March 11-13 , just after the NXL ’ s opening event . www . NXLPaintball .
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