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I think CCI alluded to the costs even on days they are not holding events so that they can reserve the area. Otherwise they'd have to set up, take it down and then repeat the whole process again the following week.
On the other side of it, think of the costs for exhibitors. The major studios will be fine but mom and pop comic book stores? They'll struggle to basically shut down for 2 weeks in order to set up shop. Sure, they could just choose 1 week and other vendors can step in but then you start to run into problems of not offering the same experience both weeks.
Then you start to look at the panels. Would the programming be the exact same both weeks? Would studios be able to bring the cast, et al? If the programming varies, then you'll just have people buying badges for both weeks and create the same demand.
And lastly, look at it from the costs for attendees. Hotel prices are expensive enough as is. Extending it longer would put a total strain and take away from the con experience.
It sounds like it'd create even more issues in my opinion...
I say move preview night to Tuesday or get rid of it all together and make wednesday a full day. I know vendors will be losing 24 hours to set up but if properly those booths can go up pretty quickly.
There is a lot of behind-the-scenes activity that we as fans and attendees are not aware of in order for the convention to be up and running as well as it does right now.
But I do like the idea of Preview Night being extended though I also like the semi-exclusive feel to it.
Fair enough. I would expect an increase in badge prices/number of badges sold to compensate for these additional difficulties.
It's not just about badge sales to compensate for monetary needs. It's more about manpower to run the convention. Would they even potentially be available for that extended time period? <snip>
It might be really cool if they moved to a staggered model like SXSW. The way it runs is that there is a day or two of overlap in content but the 3 topics run on different tracks. So you end up with something like:
That's interesting... I wonder if the studios would be willing to agree to that?