[Deptheads] Convention Location

Tue Feb 12 20:25:07 PST 2008

That all makes sense...except I don't know if we're going to get anyone to
truly believe it's a 'nice' area as long as driving down Century Boulevard
still gives you the stuttering porno sign, "Live *Live* Nude *Nudes*".

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On Feb 12, 2008 7:46 PM, <thatericn at aol.com> wrote:

> Hey folks -
>
> I would just suggest that everyone remember that people have already
> looked around for alternate locations, and the cupboard is quite bare when
> it comes to hotels with enough space for gaming.
>
> Mark and I recently spoke about this; for example, the big, big
> nice-looking hotels in Long Beach do not have much in the way of meeting
> rooms, since they assume they would just host people going to events across
> the street at the convention center.  The Orange County airport were FAR too
> expensive.  I don't know how well we've looked into Burbank (where a lot of
> SF cons are held), West LA or the Valley -- I think it speaks volumns
> though, that Rocky, who lives in L.B. and owns a game shop in Burbank, was
> never close to moving the cons to either of these neighborhoods.
>
> Eric A. could probably shed more light on what has actually been
> researched and quoted.
>
> Also, please note that the several blocks we are moving back west do make
> a difference in neighborhood ambience.  Head north on Sepulveda, and you are
> in middle class Westchester.  Head south on Sepulveda, and after driving
> past aerospace highrises and a golf course, you are soon in high-rent
> Manhattan Beach fergoshsakes...  Far fewer street people and panhandlers.
>
> Ciao, babies,
>
> Eric N.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Fryer <Michael.Fryer at magtek.com>
> To: deptheads at strategicon.net
> Sent: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 1:27 pm
> Subject: RE: [Deptheads] Child Care at the Convention
>
>  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
>
>
>  *From:* deptheads-bounces at strategicon.net [
> mailto:deptheads-bounces at strategicon.net<deptheads-bounces at strategicon.net?>]
> *On Behalf Of *Evil5757 at aol.com
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 12, 2008 10:18 AM
> *To:* deptheads at strategicon.net
> *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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