[Deptheads] Re: Moving the Convention

[Eric M. Aldrich I]

Actually, Gamex was never in Pasadena - it was at Chapman College twice (Tustin?). Orccon was in the Pasadena Hilton twice, I think (1984 and 1985). I've got the con books at home -- I'll check.

Eric

On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 01:42:50PM -0800, Janice Sellers wrote:
> Gamex was in Pasadena when it was smaller.  After it grew large
> enough, it was moved to the same location as the other two
> conventions.
> 
> As I recall, Son of OrcCon was the attempt to have a convention over
> Thanksgiving weekend, and everyone told Alan it wasn't going to work.
> And it didn't.  The only conventions I know that have survived and/or
> thrived over that weekend are SF cons.
> 
> I'm sure the people who did the research will correct me if I'm wrong,
> but one of the problems I recall with Anaheim as a location is that it
> is EXPENSIVE.
> 
> Janice
> 
> On 2/19/08, Eric Burgess <erburgess at gmail.com> wrote:
> > While I understand that the logistics of havng two locations sucks, moving
> > one of the cons might be an interesting idea. As we all know, Gamex was in
> > Pasadena for a while. Anyone remember "Son of Orccon" (perhaps a bad example
> > since I think that was only a one year show). However, trying one in Anaheim
> > or Ontario might be interesting (again, assuming the facility is available)
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