The Plainview Local Card Show returns to the Holiday Inn Plainview on Sunday, September 27, 2026, delivering exactly what its promoters advertise: a traditional Sunday sports card show with 60 dealer tables, premium dealers, and plenty of high-end product. Run by JP's Sports and Rock Solid Promotions, the same organization behind the big Hofstra autograph shows, the Plainview show is the Long Island collector's monthly standby, and it has run at the Holiday Inn for years with a stable, well-known dealer lineup.
Sports cards fill the room. Baseball is the deepest category, from vintage Topps, Bowman, and pre-war cards to modern Chrome, Prizm, and Bowman prospects, and basketball, football, and hockey are all strongly represented with rookies, autographs, numbered parallels, and graded slabs from PSA, BGS, and SGC. Memorabilia is a steady presence too, with signed items from the promoters' own private signings often available. A few tables carry Pokemon and other TCGs, but this is a sports show at heart, and it skews toward serious inventory rather than bulk.
The show is listed at 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM on the TCDb calendar, while the promoter's own description cites 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM; arrive by 10:00 AM to be safe and confirm the current hours on nyshows.org. Admission is 5 dollars, cash only, and kids under 12 are free when accompanied by a parent or guardian. There is no separate early bird tier, so the opening hour is when the serious buyers work the floor.
The Holiday Inn Plainview is at 215 Sunnyside Boulevard, just off Exit 46 of the Long Island Expressway and close to the Northern State Parkway, which makes it a straightforward drive from anywhere in Nassau or western Suffolk. Hotel parking is free and ample. Transit is limited; the closest LIRR stations are Hicksville and Syosset, each a short rideshare away. The hotel has a restaurant, and there are diners and delis along Old Country Road and South Oyster Bay Road nearby.
Who should attend: Long Island sports card collectors who want a dependable monthly show, vintage baseball buyers, set builders, autograph and slab collectors who want to inspect cards in hand, and families with kids under 12 who get in free. Dealers who want a proven crowd of buyers will find Plainview one of the steadier shows on the island.
Tips: bring cash, since admission and most deals are cash only, arrive at opening for first pick of the high-end tables, and bring a want list to stay focused across 60 tables. If you are selling, the premium dealers here actively buy collections. The show repeats at the Holiday Inn on November 8 and December 6, 2026. For dates, table reservations, and signing announcements, visit nyshows.org. Many of the dealers here also set up at the Hofstra weekend shows, so if you missed something there it may resurface in Plainview a few weeks later at a better price.