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· Föderation EN Mi 15.01.2025 20:09:06 @hacks4pancakes It seems like the few places left are also the most expensive. |
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Föderation EN Mi 15.01.2025 20:18:27 @Kye @hacks4pancakes This is most of the problem. Your options are to hold your event in a draconian shithole for a price you can actually afford, or not hold it at all because holding an event in Chicago/NYC/Seattle/SF/Denver is prohibitively expensive. An org I'm affiliated with holds an event in Houston for exactly this reason: the next most affordable city with enough space for the scale of event in question has quoted prices 3x and beyond the current prices, and that's before attendees have spent a single dollar. That's just venue and organization fees. |
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Föderation EN Mi 15.01.2025 20:59:23 @klardotsh @Kye @hacks4pancakes Those aren't your only options. There are plenty of cities in safer states that aren't as expensive. For example, if you look at Pennsylvania, just two states over, you have convention centers in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, and Philadelphia which could all accommodate a convention the size of GenCon. |
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Föderation EN Mi 15.01.2025 21:25:56 @TamsynUlthara @klardotsh @hacks4pancakes Just having a venue isn't enough. That venue has to have open time on its schedule that works for the event, and those deals are made a long time in advance. Often before these laws existed Cancelling and moving means penalties come into it, and those can end the event for good. |
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Föderation EN Mi 15.01.2025 21:30:17 @Kye @klardotsh @hacks4pancakes It would be a show of good faith for conventions in that situation to at least *start* looking into moving for future years when they're able. The situation is pretty dire. |
