The Sports Cards and Collectible Show closes out the year at the WSCA Roma Lodge in Racine on Sunday, December 13, 2026, and the holiday edition of this Sunday-morning show has a particular warmth to it. The Roma Lodge banquet hall is one of the more welcoming rooms in southeastern Wisconsin — heated, well-lit, with a working bar and kitchen — and a December Sunday there feels more like a neighborhood gathering than a commercial event. It is also the last realistic chance in the region to buy cards as gifts before the final shopping week.
Racine sits on the Lake Michigan shore between Milwaukee and Kenosha, and the show draws dealers from both cities plus northern Illinois. The floor is compact relative to the big Waukesha and Milwaukee halls, and that is a feature in December: you can see everything without a strategy, and dealers have time to talk through what would make a good gift. Baseball tables carry 1950s and 1960s Topps and Bowman vintage, 1970s and 1980s runs, commons boxes for set builders and modern Panini Prizm, Optic, Select and Topps Chrome. Milwaukee Brewers and Milwaukee Braves inventory is a regional staple. Football is at seasonal peak with Green Bay Packers material spanning every era, plus league-wide NFL as the playoff race narrows. Basketball dealers carry Bucks and modern league product, hockey is mid-season, and UFC, boxing, soccer and racing all have representation. Several tables stock Pokemon, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh! and One Piece singles and sealed — worth checking if you have a young player on your list. Graded slabs in PSA, SGC, BGS and CGC holders fill the locked cases. The collectible half of the show's name is genuinely earned: autographed memorabilia, signed baseballs and helmets, framed pieces, vintage programs and yearbooks, comics, Funko Pops and non-sport oddities all have a place on the floor.
Hours are 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Central, a five-hour Sunday window. Admission was not published at the time of writing, so budget for a small door fee and confirm on the event listing before you drive down. There is no VIP tier and no advance ticketing, and children are welcome throughout.
The WSCA Roma Lodge is at 7130 Spring Street in Racine, roughly thirty minutes south of downtown Milwaukee and twenty minutes north of Kenosha, straightforward from Interstate 94. Free on-site parking is ample. The hall is level, heated and accessible, and the lodge bar and kitchen mean coffee and lunch are available without leaving the building — a real perk on a December Sunday.
The natural audience is the collector who prefers conversation to competition: vintage buyers, set builders, memorabilia collectors, gift shoppers and anyone who finds two-hundred-table shows exhausting. It also works well as a first show for a family, and it is a productive stop for dealers buying walk-in collections without heavy competition. Tips: arrive close to 9:00 AM, since a smaller room means the good material is claimed early. Bring cash — the dealer base here skews traditional. Carry a want list by sport and set, pack sleeves, top loaders and a hard case, and leave time to talk to sellers, because at a show this size relationships are how the best cards surface. Confirm admission and hours on the listing before you go.
