Pigeon
Forge, TN – November 2014 / Newsmaker Alert / Wallace Hardware
in Morristown is relocating its semi-annual dealer market for the fifth
time because of continuing growth, this time moving to the LeConte
Center at Pigeon Forge.
Wallace Hardware has presented
dealer markets since 1967 and has moved to progressively larger venues.
The Meetin’ at the Mountain
Dealer Market’s new home provides “an opportunity for a new generation
of shows,” according to Richard Snowden, senior vice president for marketing
at Wallace Hardware.
Snowden expects the Dec.
2-4 market to involve at least 1,000 people who will staff and visit the
300-booth tradeshow. A spring show will be in April.
Wallace Hardware, which opened
in 1922, began its dealer shows in its own warehouse in 1967. After several
years there, it moved to space at Walters State Community College. It outgrew
that location quickly, moved to the Mills Auditorium in Gatlinburg and
then to the Grand Convention Center in Pigeon Forge. For the last 20 years,
it has been at the Gatlinburg Convention Center.
“We needed more space, and
we have it in Pigeon Forge,”
Snowden said.
The show allows Wallace’s
retail customers to meet directly with approximately 300 vendors to gather
information about industry trends and new products. It will occupy the
largest space in the LeConte Event Center, the 100,500-square-foot LeConte
Hall.
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Wallace is a wholesale hardware
distributor that serves independent hardware stores, lumberyards and home
centers in 10 states.
“The Meetin’ at the Mountain
has been important to Sevier County for decades, and we wanted to keep
it here. We’re glad to have dates for both the spring and fall shows every
year,” said Phil Campbell, facility manager of the LeConte Event Center.
The LeConte Event Center
opened in October 2013 and has been the site of tradeshows, athletic competitions,
concerts, denominational gatherings and other events.
Information about visiting
Pigeon Forge is available online at MyPigeonForge.com
or by calling toll-free to 800-251-9100.
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Media Contact:
Tom
Adkinson, APR
for Pigeon Forge Department
of Tourism
615-341-8796 |