The Schaumburg Card Show returns to the Hyatt Regency Schaumburg on Sunday, May 3, 2026, continuing one of the longest-running monthly sports card show traditions in the Chicago northwest suburbs. For decades, this show has been a fixture of the Chicagoland card collecting community, providing dealers and collectors with a consistent, professionally run Sunday morning destination that combines a strong vendor lineup with a welcoming hotel ballroom atmosphere right off the I-90 corridor.
The Schaumburg Card Show floor is anchored by a tight, dedicated dealer base covering the full range of sports cards and modern trading card games. Baseball card vendors bring deep MLB inventories including Topps, Bowman, Stadium Club, Panini, and Upper Deck releases with extensive Chicago Cubs and White Sox vintage and modern sections — Wrigley and Sox Park collectors will find rookies, autos, parallels, and vintage stars from every era. Basketball card tables feature Prizm, Select, Optic, and Mosaic releases with substantial Chicago Bulls Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Dennis Rodman vintage inventory plus modern Bulls rookies and league-wide stars. Football card dealers stock Panini and Topps current and vintage product with prominent Chicago Bears coverage from the 1985 Super Bowl Shuffle era through current rookies. NHL Blackhawks vendors are a regular presence, and UFC, boxing, and international soccer round out the sports card lineup. Hobby wax boxes, supplies including penny sleeves, top loaders, magnetic holders, binders, and storage boxes are widely available. Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic: The Gathering, and other game cards are present at multiple tables, and vintage non-sport cards and signed memorabilia add additional variety for browsers.
The Schaumburg Card Show runs from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Sunday, May 3, providing a full six-hour Sunday morning window. The early 8:00 AM opening time is a defining feature of the show — serious dealers and dedicated collectors arrive at the door for first crack at fresh inventory and quiet aisles before the late morning crowd builds. General admission is reasonable and confirmed at the door; the show is well-established with predictable, accessible pricing. Children are welcome with paying adults.
The Hyatt Regency Schaumburg sits at 1800 East Golf Road, immediately accessible from I-90, I-290, and Route 53, making it convenient for collectors from across the entire northwest Chicago suburbs, the city itself, and southern Wisconsin. The Hyatt offers complimentary on-site parking, a comfortable climate-controlled ballroom space with strong overhead lighting ideal for evaluating card conditions, and full hotel amenities including dining and Sunday brunch options for a relaxed post-show meal.
This show is ideal for serious Chicagoland sports card collectors building Cubs, White Sox, Bulls, Bears, or Blackhawks team or player collections, dedicated dealers looking to buy and sell with a loyal regional clientele, Pokemon and TCG collectors browsing alongside the sports lineup, families introducing kids to the hobby in a relaxed setting, and casual collectors seeking a steady, predictable monthly destination.
For the best experience, arrive at the 8:00 AM opening for first access to fresh inventory and to beat the late morning crowd, bring cash for preferred pricing, carry a focused want list of players, sets, and parallels you are hunting, and check the Trading Card Database and the Schaumburg Illinois Card Show Facebook group for announcements about upcoming dates and special guest appearances.