What Is The Largest reptile Expo In AZ?

[mrmertz]

I guess my subject title says it all.

Does anyone know? We went to the Tucson show here (where we got Mr. Biggles for $50.) and it was pretty good...but what is the largest show? My guess would be the Phoenix area, of course.

Thanks again gang! Looking forward to the replies!

[azpythons]

Are you talking bout the spetember show last year in tucson?? I want to go this year but was wondering if it was any good...did they have a lot of ball pythons?

[mrmertz]

Yes to both. They had a nice selection. Like any show, if you want selection, go early during the show dates. If you want a bargain, go during the last half of the last day of the show - particularly the last few hours. Most vendors were slashing prices by 50% or more. I feel it was worth it.

[azpythons]

thats dope im definately going to the next one in september

[Drew87]

Ill be going to that show next year

[JimNAZ]

To the best of my knowledge the "largest" show is the Tucson show. There is a lot of the "same stuff" but it is great to see it all. If you are going for a specific type of animal, you will have a good selection.
The Phoenix show that was at the fairgrounds last fall was much smaller than Tucson but still had a nice selection of different stuff. There is another one coming up in April (East Valley) that has a good amount of vendors on the list.

In my opinion, it is difficult to draw out of state vendors to the Phoenix area due to the economy. I know that it is tuff all over but here in Phx the spending habits of people in the hobby here are really tight. It takes a lot of effort & time to put a show together and not knowing how successful it will be can keep a lot of people from trying. I would never want to tackle this task!

Jim