[Deptheads] Re: Moving the Convention

[Eric M. Aldrich I]

Yes, we should check -- I don't really remember for certain, but I thought once we got to 1987 all shows were at the Hyatt except Origins 1989.

Eric

On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 02:53:54PM -0800, Eric Burgess wrote:
> 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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> 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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