NALM 2024 Bids Officially Open! Bids Due February 1

[Tyson]

Bidding is now open for the 19th Annual National Acura Legend Meet!



The NALM Committee is now accepting nationwide bids for host cities. Bid guidelines will remain unchanged from prior years and are detailed below. The deadline for bid submission will be Thursday, 2/1/2024 which should leave a few months of planning time with the ground team of the winning bid to finalize the event. The winning bid will be announced here on the forum on 2/8/2024.

What will you be looking for in my bid?

Here is a handy guide created by 2023 Lexington NALM Event Director, Eric.

1. An overview of the event, the big picture, what is your vision for the event?
2. Suggested date range.
3. What does your area have to offer other than NALM events? Think outside of the NALM box. What other attractions are there for families and those who want to get out and see the area in their free time. It is these kinds of attractions that will make or break the attendance of those traveling great distances or who will be bringing significant others or families along.
4. A collection of data that says your locale can support what you say it can.
Such as:
*What track(s) are you renting, if applicable? Are they available on your date?
*What hotels are available and convenient to surrounding events? What are their rates?
*A description of the area. Include details on the area itself, its accessibility, cruising opportunities (ie. driving roads), etc.
*What kind of photo opportunities are available?
*NOTE: A NALM should be self-contained financially. There are no guarantees of funds being allocated as proceeds from prior NALMs.

How should I submit my bid?

You can submit your proposal in various ways, as long as it isn't a post on the forums (feel free to ask questions or discuss ideas). We are looking for proposals to come in the form of email (nalmteaminbox@gmail.com), Word documents, or PDFs.

When are bids due?

All bids are due by 11:59 p.m. EST on Thursday, February 1, 2024. Bids will be reviewed by the NALM Committee and the final selection will be announced here on the forum on Thursday, February 8th, 2024.

Please keep in mind that a lot of planning and legwork go into pulling off these meets, so those of you who are already working on a bid need to select your ground team thoughtfully. A Ground Team owner and a couple of scouts seems to work best from what we can tell, but it's entirely up to you how you want to operate your bid. Once the winning bid is selected, and announcement will be made with the location and tentative dates - and then the ground team and committee will go to work finalizing the details and filtering that information out to the forum.

Now go get those bids done!

Prior NALM Locations:

2005: Dallas, TX
2006: Tulsa, OK
2007: Las Vegas, NV
2008: Chattanooga, TN
2009: Branson, MO
2010: Salt Lake City, UT
2011: Morristown, NJ
2012: Milwaukee, WI
2013: Asheville, NC
2014: Los Angeles, CA
2015: Houston, TX
2016: Atlanta, GA
2017: Sacramento, CA
2018: Colorado Springs, CO
2019: Daytona Beach, FL
2021: Phoenix, AZ
2022: Wichita, KS
2023: Lexington, KY
2024: Your City?

Check out the NALM Website for a brief overview and history of each of the 18 events.

[epegoblue]

Driving or flying - what will it be?!?!?!? Hmmmmmm.

[Acura2g]

Originally Posted by epegoblue

Driving or flying - what will it be?!?!?!? Hmmmmmm.

Isn't it always drive?

[4HondaOwner]

Originally Posted by epegoblue

Driving or flying - what will it be?!?!?!? Hmmmmmm.

I believe someone flew into the NALM meet in Lexington recently and he flew back the next day. Drive to stay, that's all I'm going to say.

[JKLedbetter]

Steve Wallace is still the king.

Flew from Australia to LA, took the bus to Alabama, borrowed a G1 and drove to NALM in Atlanta.

-Kennon

[epegoblue]

Originally Posted by Acura2g

Isn't it always drive?

Depends on how many time zones are going to be crossed!
Eastern - for sure drive
Central - maybe a 2-day jaunt to get there
Mountain - 2- day drive minimum
Pacific - who's picking me up at the airport.

Steven Wallace will forever have the long distance traveller award. . . FOREVER

[Avery]

Time for some N.W and NE bids 😁

[epegoblue]

where are we going????? Can't wait to find out!

[Acura2g]

Originally Posted by epegoblue

where are we going????? Can't wait to find out!

Me too

[94LegendaryAcuraGS]

Originally Posted by Avery

Time for some N.W and NE bids 😁

I've been waiting and watching as well as reminding people as well.

Originally Posted by epegoblue

Steven Wallace will forever have the long distance traveller award. . . FOREVER

Oh I don't know if I can give him that one as Ben Lin also has a case. Flew in from China to California picked up his OWN Legend there then drove it to Maggie Valley North Carolina (so clear across America) then back home to Caifornia after NALM and then flew back to China. Driving your own Legend to me also adds points when it comes to NALM.