Posted By:
Alan
Cleveland is definite for 2009. There is supposed to be a vote for the possibilty of Baltimore for 2010. The short version is that dealers wanted an east coast venue. The Baltimore Convention Center was renovated & enlarged a few years ago, so is now about 300,000 sq ft. (not the usual 400,000 sq ft.). So, I've heard that if it gets the vote for 2010, there might be 25% less dealers/booths.
I'm not sure why they haven't mentioned the Washington, DC as a potential location. The Washington, DC convention center, which was built 2 or 3 years ago, is absolutely enormous. Add to the fact that the baseball team has a brand new stadium.
Maybe they should try other cities, too.