NIRVC Plans to Add Second Show in 2026 in Las Vegas – RVBusiness – Breaking RV Industry News
LEBANON, Tenn. – With two successful years under its belt, it’s time for National Indoor RV Center’s Music City Motorhomes Expo to put its show on the road.
NIRVC CEO Brett Davis told RVBusiness on Tuesday that plans are in the works to add a second show in 2026.
He said the Nashville show will return at its regular time, but the second show will be held the first week in November and be hosted by NIRVC’s Las Vegas dealership.
“This concept of the expo first came about in 2020,” he said. “When we kicked it off, it was a five-year plan and there were some boxes we had to check. We checked the first box last year to see if it was successful enough that it was profitable. The second year was to see if there was enough demand that we could sell it out and have a wait list, which we accomplished this year. I think it will be a huge benefit. This has been a real benefit to manufacturers.”
Davis said the manufacturers who have taken part in the Expo the first two years have sold as many units as they typically do at the Tampa and Hershey shows combined.
He said the timing and location of the new Las Vegas show will allow manufacturers as well as NIRVC to write a larger number of orders to help carry them through the slower winter months.
“I hope that it’s taking risk out of the business for them,” he said. “If we can execute the five-year plan, they won’t have to run the line and build coaches to leave against the fence during winter and try to figure out how to move them to dealers or make package deals with big discounts.”
Adding the second show, of course, is not without its risks.
Davis said putting on the Nashville show has been a costly venture, with a bill in the seven-figures for the venue and entertainment and food.
But it has been successful because it has drawn an enthusiastic crowd that has proven serious about buying – especially in the luxury diesel-pusher market.
If the first Las Vegas show tracks similar to the Music City Motorhome Expo and proves profitable, it solves the risk for both manufacturers and NIRVC.
“We’ll be in two destination cities and carry all the lines and products you could want,” he said. “All of this has to be in place well ahead of time. It’s not something you can do on a six-month whim.”
The efforts paid off in the manufacturers’ eyes as well.
Leigh Tiffin, president of Tiffin Motorhomes, said his representatives had recorded 150 test drives through the first three days of the show.
He said a number of coaches also had sold and the company had worked with potential buyers on a satisfying number of quotes as well.
“Brett Davis and the National Indoor team have hit a home run,” Tiffin said. “The concept is fantastic. It’s a premium shopping experience where you can compare and contrast all of the major manufacturers. You can test drive anything you want. You can see a full selection of inventory. It’s the right way to do it if you’re making a big investment.”
Among Tiffin’s newer offerings were the GT1 Class B on a Sprinter chassis, the Allegro Open Road luxury gas-powered Class A, the Wayfarer XPW Class C with a fixed bed rather than a Murphy bed, the 34DB Allegro Bay Super C and some changes on the Allegro Bus and Zephyr
The show closes early Wednesday afternoon, but scheduled test drives can continue through 6 p.m.
For information, visit https://musiccitymotorhomeexpo.com/.
