The AVA holds its annual convention in a different U.S. city every August. At the convention, members are able to buy, sell and trade tokens as well as attend the auction and banquet.
2026 AVA Convention News
Rich Mallicote, Convention Chairman
Many thanks to those who attended the 2025 Convention in Oklahoma City. The meetings, auction, bourse, and train ride all went smoothly. There was great comradery among attendees, as well as good food. Besides the banquet, kudos went out to The Old Spaghetti Factory (sitting in a trolley car), Pearl’s Crab Town, and Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar. The hotel location was also convenient to historical sites, museums, and a nice garden. We had one member who hadn’t attended convention in many, many years. We had several people attending their first convention. We even had one attendee that camped out, rather than stay at a hotel. I believe a great time was had by all, with the exception of everyone having to exit the hotel at 1:30am on Saturday night due to a hotel fire alarm. Even that was exciting.
We are looking at having next year’s convention in Pennsylvania, hoping to get a great turnout from those living in the northeast US. Look forward to more information by early next year. If you want one, but have not received your 2025 convention token (through NIS or attendance), just let me know and I can ship one to you for $12 plus postage. They are silver plated and look quite nice..
Here’s a blast from the past…our 1983 Convention!
View our photos from past conventions.
2023 Convention
2022 Convention
2021 Convention
