[Deptheads] Child Care at the Convention

[Mike Fryer]

I did a lot of research on moving to a different area, there are very few hotels that have the space we need.  We rely on hotels making money off the rooms  to keep our costs down. Convention centers are out of budget range. These are the hotels I found that have enough space for our convention. If you know of one not on this list, email me with it. I am trying to keep this list up to date, just in case.

 

Westin LAX

Hilton LAX

Hilton Anaheim

Hilton Universal City

Radisson LAX

Hyatt Regency Long Beach

Hyatt Regency Century Plaza

Hyatt Regency Westlake Plaza

Marriott LAX

Marriott Anaheim

Marriott Newport Beach

Westin Bonaventure

 

As a parent who has brought kids to the con from age 2 to 18, I never once considered the outside area as a factor.   The best thing was the Kids Games run by the lady who sells her fantasy art in the dealer room. (I think), and the kids D&D game.  I think “Family Friendly” would be every department having kids only tournaments.

 

Mike Fryer

 

 

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Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 10:18 AM
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Subject: Re: [Deptheads] Child Care at the Convention

 

This was one of the reasons i was pushing to move the convention to Ontario, nearer gamer-rich Riverside area.  

 

MAYBE, we might look into moving ONE of our conventions to the Ontario area IF there is a problem with the hotel at some point in time.  I'm not saying make it happen, I'm just saying it would be a good solution adn research IF we get shut out of the LAX hotel sometime.

 

John

 

In a message dated 2/11/2008 10:34:44 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, noldor at gmail.com writes:

	If we’re truly serious about aiming for families, long term plans might be to move the con to family-friendly Orange County.   I’m just saying that having the con at a hotel near crummy-neighborhood LAX on a street full of strip clubs isn’t exactly a family environment.  Plus, since real estate in Los Angeles urban area is so high, the middle-class family audience that would show up at the con doesn’t live anywhere close.  Plus, if we were in Orange County, we’d be that much more accessible to bedroom communities in san diego, riverside and san bernardino counties.  When the con started in the L.A. Area all those years ago, it was a very different demographic that lived in the city.  We might need to reconsider our location in the coming years and make the jump to where our intended attendees actually live.
	
	 - Denys

 





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