Matt you'd be pleasantly surprised at the variety of displays at your typical AC show..

Not only chips from ALL over,but casino t-shirts and jackets and coins and cards etc.
Not to mention the auction and the 50/50 raffle..

I try to make it up from FL to AC once a year and time my trip to correspond to a show.
If you live close enough to Mrytle Beach,Spirit has direct flights to AC.

The prices in November are not that bad.