[Deptheads] Re: Moving the Convention

[Eric Burgess]

I attended Gamex a couple of times in Pasadena and it was late 80's. I have
those con books, too... ;) Can't tell you what might have happened before
1986 - that's the first year I attended any game cons.
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...ERB

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On Feb 19, 2008 2:32 PM, Eric M. Aldrich I <ealdrich at penguinlust.org> wrote:

> 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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