[Deptheads] Preliminary attendance numbers

[Ryan McMullan]

         I know our RPG crowd has already started dwindling.  I'm 
afraid the unairconditioned rooms will continue the decline if people 
expect it to continue.

         I'm not sure if it's on our list of hotels already checked, 
but a friend attended a non-gaming event at the Burbank Airport 
Marriott Hotel and said that it was a nice hotel with lots of 
ballroom space (it's billed as a convention space).  Might be worth 
adding to the list to examine.
http://www.marriottburbankairport.com/meetings.cfm
They list 50k sq ft of event space.  They have a Request For 
Proposals form if you are going to be methodical about the search.

Ryan


At 08:29 PM 9/8/2008, you wrote:
>I sincerely hope so. If there was one overriding theme of the
>conversations I heard it was that we needed to move. People were
>already unhappy with the hotel and now they are furious. I think
>people gave us a pass on this one since they knew it was a last minute
>situation. But I don't think they will support us again. Orccon
>desperately needs to be at a new hotel or location.
>
>I know that a heck of a lot of legwork has already been done to find a
>new place but I still think it is time to redouble efforts and come up
>with other alternatives. Hey, the first two BGG.cons were at an office
>building built next to a hotel.
>
>There was a fellow on the Yahoo groups who suggested a good, formal
>RFP process to help find a location. I'm not sure if this was done in
>the past or not but I think we'd benefit from that. I also think if we
>cannot find something on our own, we should really reach out to the
>trusted members of the community for suggestions. There has got to be
>somewhere in Southern California that can hold us.
>
>To be honest, if we don't move Orccon the situation may solve itself.
>We may require a much smaller venue.
>
>...ERB
>www.boardgamebabylon.com
>
>
>
>On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 7:28 PM, Heather <heather at gibsongirl.net> wrote:
> > So we're thinking about ORCCON now right?  and a new hotel???  - Heather
> >
> > On 9/6/08, Eric M. Aldrich I <ealdrich at penguinlust.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> 332 pre reg
> >> 320 volunteers, staff, exhibitors
> >> 273 at the door
> >>
> >> So 925. There will be duplicates -- I need to weed them out. But we're
> >> going to come in around 900. Last year was 850. So we're up 
> about 9 percent
> >> on the high side (so we beat Mondo! Barely....) and worse case we're up
> >> about 6 percent.
> >>
> >> Given the parking, I'm pleased. Not what I hoped for, but not bad.
> >>
> >> Thanks again everyone.
> >>
> >> Eric
> >>
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