Dealers at the national

[Edwolf1963]

Originally Posted by ReefBlue

Bring people with the sole job of watching, not interacting with customers.

.. as opposed to bringing people (and yourself) in for the sole job of socializing w/each other, eating and generally ignoring the customers .. Seriously - I like the idea of a designated watcher.

The question of security cameras came into my mind as well - the Donald E. Stephens hosts shows and conventions all the time, so not just for a one-time, 3 day event - I can see the feasibility of doing this on their part overall as I'm sure theft is a regular, unfortunate occurrence. I thought the Schaumburg Convention Center at the Renaissance (not far and where some shows have been held) has this, but I could be wrong.

Quick add-on: I agree in that not about onus of responsibility being on venue, it's on the individual vendor - - I just think security cameras might act as some sort of deterrent and at least give the party at loss/police something to go on.