National may be in peril

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Where do you propose they should have or even could have moved it last year while the whole country was in a major pandemic the likes of which hadn’t been seen in 100 years?

Nashville Tennessee and Dallas Texas

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

Nashville Tennessee and Dallas Texas

I'd go. Vegas is also wide open and would be even better.

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by perezfan

I'd go. Vegas is also wide open and would be even better.

Oh Yeah that would be Awesome !!!

[ThomasL]

Move it to Texas...I would advise Tarrant County (Fort Worth, Arlington) not Dallas County (Dallas)

[dafivehole]

Originally Posted by ThomasL

Move it to Texas...I would advise Tarrant County (Fort Worth, Arlington) not Dallas County (Dallas)

Agreed 100%.

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

Oh Yeah that would be Awesome !!!

Been through this many times. . . .yes, Vegas cool. . . .Vegas too expensive. Not like we're trading porno DVDs or anything REALLY interesting here . . . . . .

[packs]

Is it expensive? I've gotten rooms for almost nothing there. Mostly because they're getting paid through my time at the casino.

[Snapolit1]

Expensive for conventions. Apparently very. At least historically. Maybe today they'd be more accomodating.

Originally Posted by packs

Is it expensive? I've gotten rooms for almost nothing there. Mostly because they're getting paid through my time at the casino.

They could move it to Texas, Florida or Georgia. Many states are open (some have been for a while) and welcome the business. All three of those states have major convention venues and hotels to accommodate a convention of this size. I've been to various toy conventions in Arkansas, Kentucky, and Georgia this year and last year and they were not super spreaders like everyone would have you believe. Restrictions were in place and protocols followed carefully. Handled correctly it shouldn't be an issue even in Illinois. I have been on several convention committees over the years and unless they have a written contract in Illinois there is no reason it couldn't be moved. I've seen it and done it before. Takes a little work but not impossible.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Expensive for conventions. Apparently very. At least historically. Maybe today they'd be more accomodating.

I believe they can rent out a portion of the main convention center, and that there are other smaller venue options there as well.

[packs]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Expensive for conventions. Apparently very. At least historically. Maybe today they'd be more accomodating.

Ah, commercially expensive to rent space. Now I get it. I was thinking expensive to stay in the city.