From the time the 2019 National Sports Collectors Convention opens its doors Wednesday afternoon until the show closes for business on Sunday evening, Panini America’s corporate booth once again will be the place to be. Annually the National’s most interactive, engaging and energetic corporate exhibitor, Panini America plans to steal the show one more time this year in Chicago.
While many collectors will flock to the Panini America booth to participate in the company’s popular wrapper-redemption program, to qualify for the spectacle that is the company’s 2019 National VIP Party or to take advantage of the company’s Live Redemption Trade-Up Program, others will come just to soak up the ambiance of the Panini America booth.
Adding to the feel-good vibe inside the Panini America booth once again this year will be the company’s wildly popular Free Kids Case Breaks conducted by Bryan Gavin of Ultimate Box Breaks and a steady lineup of live case breaks from some of the top group breakers in the country.
Sign-ups for the seven Panini America Free Kids Case Breaks (two Thursday, two Friday and three Saturday, including one on the National’s Main Stage) will take place inside the Panini America booth beginning at 10:30 a.m. each day. Teams will be drawn randomly and each break will begin later that same afternoon. Qualified entrants will then participate in a free break (only one break per child) according to the following schedule:
Thursday, August 1
2018-19 Cornerstones Basketball (2 p.m.)
2019 Elements Football (4 p.m.)
Friday, August 2
2018-19 Spectra Basketball (2 p.m.)
2019 Luminance Football (4 p.m.)
Saturday, August 3
2019 Leather & Lumber Baseball (11 a.m.)
2019 Luminance Football (1 p.m.)
2018-19 Cornerstones Basketball (3 p.m.)
The Panini America Free Kids Case Breaks will be but one part of the customary large Breaker Presence inside the Panini America booth. With two designated breaker tables inside the booth, Panini America also will be a destination for collectors who want to watch some of the industry’s preeminent group breakers do their thing live.
The tentative group break schedule for the Panini America booth at the 2019 National Sports Collectors Convention:
Wednesday, August 31
5 p.m. — The Iron Lion (2019 Majestic Football)
6:30 p.m. — UBB (2019 Immaculate Collegiate Football)
6:30 p.m. — Lucky Box Breaks (2018-19 Contenders Optic Basketball)
Thursday, August 1
11 a.m. — KT Authentics (2018-19 Contenders Optic Basketball)
11 a.m. — Dakota Gaming (2019 Immaculate Soccer)
12:30 p.m. — STL Sportscards (2019 Majestic Football)
12:30 p.m. — Mojo Break (2018-19 Contenders Optic Basketball)
2 p.m. — Bomber Breaks (2019 Majestic Football)
3 p.m. — UBB (2019 Majestic Football)
3 p.m. — 1 of 1 Card Shop (2019 Immaculate Collegiate Football)
5 p.m. — GV Sports Cards (2019 Immaculate Soccer)
Friday, August 2
11 a.m. — Soccer Breakers (2019 Immaculate Soccer)
11 a.m. — Cardsmith Breaks (2019 Immaculate Collegiate Football)
12:30 p.m. — STL Sports Cards (2019 Immaculate Collegiate Football)
12:30 p.m. — Topshelf Breaks (2019 Majestic Football)
2 p.m. — Monster Breaks (2019 Immaculate Collegiate Football)
3 p.m. — UBB (2018-19 Contenders Optic Basketball)
3:30 p.m. — Monster Breaks (2018-19 Contenders Optic Basketball)
5 p.m. — Badger Breaks (2019 Immaculate Collegiate Football)
Saturday, August 3
11 a.m. — Soccer Breakers (2019 Immaculate Soccer)
11 a.m. — The Break Exchange (2019 Majestic Football)
12:30 p.m. — STL Sportscards (2019 Immaculate Collegiate Football)
2 p.m. — UBB (2019 Immaculate Collegiate Football)
2 p.m. — Courtside Collectibles (2018-19 Contenders Optic Basketball)
3:30 p.m. — GV Sports Cards (2019 Immaculate Soccer)
4:30 p.m. — UBB (2019 Majestic Football)
5 p.m. — Cardsmith Breaks (2019 Majestic Football)
Sunday, August 4
11 a.m. — Bomber Breaks (2019 Immaculate Collegiate Football)
11 a.m. — 1 of 1 Card Shop (2019 Majestic Football)
12:30 p.m. — Topshelf Breaks (2019 Immaculate Collegiate Football)
12:30 p.m. — Big Texas Breaks (2019 Immaculate Collegiate Football)
Stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance in the coming days as we’ll have additional coverage on Panini America’s larger-than-life presence at the 2019 National Sports Collectors Convention.