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Originally Posted by renlow
one of the things you have to keep in mind is the people that attend these things
1) Most want to spend as little as possible on things such as lodging, quality food and showering.
2) It is true that that need at least a 500K SQF space.
3) Many of the places that have been looked at require minimum guarantees on things such as food and beverage - Again many of the people coming to show bring there own food and drinks
4) The nicer the place the more it is going to cost - For instance, they could go to McCormick Place in Chicago but i suspect it will drive the dealer prices up, will cost more to get in and the hotels are a lot more downtown then out by the airport.
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Yup, especially #4....a lot of people are making money off the National and the price point of the venue means everything to that end. Cleveland has a brand new convention center downtown but it’ll always be at the IX-Center because it’ll be much cheaper.
People act like the organizers can double their expenses without passing on any cost. The same people would be complaining about $40 day passes, $250 hotel rooms, etc that comes with some of the bigger destination, downtown environments.