At the high end, a national event for 400–800 players would almost always be held in a hotel ballroom or convention center and be organized by NASPA staff. Such an event would usually be planned at least a year in advance based on in-house research, though unsolicited bids are welcome.
Our premier event, the [[North American SCRABBLE Championship]] (NASC), is currently was for some time being scheduled with some flexibility on a four-year geographic rotation in the Northeast (2014, 2018), West (2015, 2019), Midwest (2016, 2020), and South (2017, 2021). As of spring summer 2019, we are booked through 2019 and have received some bids for 2020 and 2021, and are open to bids from outside of this rotation.
The event was recently held in the following locations:
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* about 20,000 square feet, configured in one open, undivided space with lines of sight to all points in the room from a central position; a little larger or smaller is fine, 10,000 square feet is notabout the smallest space that we could function in, and would require substantial redesign of our event..
* either a ballroom or an exhibit hall is fine
* quiet: our group likes to concentrate quietly, will not disturb others, and does not want to share space with groups that make loud noises