FYI the Chicago show isn't in the city at all, but at Pheasant Run, which is in the suburbs toward the country, so if you are from the outlying smaller cities and towns in Illinois or surrounding states, you won't be battling city traffic and high costs for paid parking. Here in N.C., our TAPS pipe show is at the Fairgrounds with acres of free parking. Unless I'm mis-remembering, the New York pipe show is in New Jersey. The big city venues are just too expensive, and the alternate locations are rather pleasant.