NACS has held an annual meeting since it was founded in 1961. These first meetings actually were called “annual meetings,” as opposed to being known as the “NACS Show.” Attendance quickly blossomed from 50 the first year to 195 the following year, and topped 1,000 in 1970.

Drawing more than 21,000 attendees and 1,200 exhibitors, the NACS Show rotates between three cities: Las Vegas, Chicago and Atlanta. The event also features more than 50 educational sessions and general sessions.

It wasn’t until 1976 that the meeting even included a true exhibition. While NACS continued to hold annual meetings, the expo was part of the event only every two or three years. From 1986 on, the annual meeting included an expo, although those early years featured a greatly scaled-down expo every other year until the early 1990s.

Today, the NACS Show is rotated between three cities: Chicago, Las Vegas and Atlanta.

<sup>1 Alliance with the Petroleum Marketers Association of America (PMAA) begins
2 Alliance with the Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI) begins
*First time the expo is an annual event and called the NACS Show
+ Show relocated from New Orleans because of Hurricane Katrina</sup>