Facts About Our Koi Market & Show

Show Venue & Koi Market

Location: Bachmans Garden Center on Lyndale
6010 Lyndale Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55419 (612) 861-7600

The Minneapolis Market: Located in Hennepin County, it is by far the most populous county in Minnesota; more than one in five Minnesotans live in Hennepin County. The city in which the show is held, Minneapolis is the largest city in the state with a 2006 estimated population of 389,970. Minnesota standard of living is on the rise, with incomes among the highest in the Midwest.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI with an estimated population of 3.5 million people in 2006, ranked the 13th most populous in the U.S. Minneapolis alone ranked the 16th largest MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) ahead of areas such as San Diego, Denver and Las Vegas.

The Bachmans location is the site of their Corporate Headquarters. Bachmans a premier home and garden center serves a diverse and yet upper end clientele. With 7 store locations and 12 satellite flower stores, Bachman's is a well known and respected business - we are very proud to have them as our club partner. Bachmans in fact allows us to maintain permanent show infrastructure on site.

Radio Advertising

Cities 97 Radio Station - http://www.cities97.com/main.html One of the top radio stations in the Minneapolis market and producers of the Cities Sampler each year. A complete Sell-Out every year!

Link	Description
	07 Koi Show Ad Spot - Format One (15 Seconds)
	07 Koi Show Ad Spot - Format Two (60 Seconds)
	07 Koi Show - On Air Spot (00:01:50 Seconds)

Slide Show and Seminar Program

	36 slides set to music. A recap of our '07 Koi Show

Our Website

Our website site inception has received over 1,500 page views in January and February alone.

2007 Show Statistics

650-750	Attended the 2007 Koi Show
$ Free	Admission
3 Days	Number of Days Open
17 Hours	Hours 5-9p Fri, 9-5p Sat, 10-3p Sun
88 Koi	Koi on Display
24 Tanks	Used 6' 15,000 Gallons of Water
21 Spots	Vendor Spaces (10ft x 10ft)
45 Days	Days to Vendor Space was Sold Out
8,110 SQF	Show Square Footage - 10,500 for 08'
2 Meals	Vendor Lunches Included
Flow Through	Type of Filtration System for Show Fish
$7,000 Spent	Approximate Show Budget

Print Advertising

Star Tribune - The largest newspaper in the state with a daily average circulation of 607,000 - the 14th largest paper in the US.

Link	Description
	Show Story - ran Wednesday before the show, Home and Garden section and was wrapped around the front page! Home and Garden: story by Kim Palmer, photos by Joel Koyama. Read the Story.
	Bachmans Print ad for the show - this ad ran one day before the show.
	Bachmans - Door Posters - Two weeks prior and smaller versions 45 days prior.
	Upper Midwest Koi Club 2007 Show Program. Full color covers and 20+ pages and advertisements. This is a 6 meg PDF file. It will take a minute or two to open.