Last Updated on Friday, 06 December 2013 11:00
The 25th annual Let’s Play Hockey Expo will celebrate its silver anniversary with a spectacular new and exciting show on March 7-8, 2014 at the St. Paul RiverCentre. The world’s largest consumer hockey trade show, which normally attracts 40,000 hockey players, coaches, parents, families, retailers and administrators from the Upper Midwest, will now host hockey players from around the United States and beyond.
The show is held in conjunction with the Minnesota Boys’ State High School Hockey Tournament, one of the largest high school sports tournaments in the country. Many new activities and product categories have been added this year. These include:
1) The addition of baseball, softball, lacrosse and golf crossover displays which are synergistic to hockey
2) The AAU National Mite and Squirt Championships will be held in Minnesota the same weekend with all players coming to the Expo to get their participant goodie bag. There are 1,500 players expected from around the United States
3) Live radio and internet broadcasts are scheduled each day from the show floor
4) The Upper Midwest’s largest hockey sports cards and collectibles show will occupy over 40 tables in the RiverCentre lobby
5) The Aspire Great Minnesota Shootout will culminate with the finals on the show floor both days
6) A National Expo marketing campaign has begun in the United States and Canada
7) Dozens of new companies exhibiting
Many other activities are being planned and will be released as details are finalized.
