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[HaloFan]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Anaheim was 2006.

It drives me crazy too. What it boils down to are:

1. Cheap venue rentals.

2. No union labor requiring dealers to pay for set-up help.

3. Lots of east coast dealers who drive to the shows and don't want to drive west of the Mississippi.

Yeah, I'm in California as well. These above answers is what I got when I asked a dealer in Michigan about this. I'm hearing the committee is considering bringing it out to the West in the near future, but they keep saying Anaheim will not allow the convention due to commitment issues and guarantees. The '06 convention wasn't very good, but that had a lot to do to with having it land on Baseball Hall of Fame Induction weekend which was dumb on the promotors part. Hardly any baseball players were available if I remembered. It was unusually hot that whole week if I remember. The dealers probably expected 70-80 degrees as more solace after leaving their hot humid region back home and didn't get it adding to the problems.

I remembered talking with a dealer from Iowa and she said it took them 23 hours to trek from Des Moines all the way to SoCal. I think that if Anaheim is such a problem, then LA(where the first one was), San Diego or at least Phoenix, Denver or Vegas could be an alternative. I mean Comi Con does great and it's in San Diego. I think like the Michigan dealer told me there is more things at work in regards to snubbing the West.

Craig H