I am sure Cinevent doesn't come cheap...Morries auction alone costs a good packet...and that being siad is why Columbus was used - the venue was cheap! I am pretty sure if/when the venue is changed the prices of tables will go up! The dealers will be complaining or not attending or certainly not taking a table.
That is the dichotomy... A venue change means more expenses - which will certainly chase a few dealers away...last year quite a few dealers just took a room and dealt from there not paying for a table... Maybe this is the death knell of cinevent...If the Columbus hotel refurbishes bet your wallet that the prices will go up - Insurance should cover the work...but that comes at a premium. It will all have to be paid for...That dealer room has to cost a few bucks for the weekend. Lets face it - the bigger the convention the more people attend the quicker the venue is paid for. Cinevent was losing dealers be it through lack of interest, lack of buyers, people dying and people not being able to afford it....so many times the hotel was complained about....now it becomes more expensive and that will be fact wherever it is moved to or refurbished. This Never Happened to the Other Fella.... Adrian Cowdry jboh...@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: Charlie <raull...@hotmail.com> To: MoPo-L <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Sent: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 1:28 Subject: Re: [MOPO] Will Cinevent take place this year? Because it would cost 20-40K to put it on in Austin proper… My engineering society just did one in Austin to the tune of 38K for 300 attendees… From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Adrian Cowdry Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 7:25 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Will Cinevent take place this year? And someone to run it...if we all want a convention in Austin then why hasn't it been done? This Never Happened to the Other Fella.... Adrian Cowdry jboh...@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: Kirby McDaniel <movieartaus...@gmail.com> To: Cowdry Adrian <jboh...@aol.com> CC: MOPO <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Sent: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 1:22 Subject: Re: [MOPO] Will Cinevent take place this year? Well, you know, somewhere you can fly to. On Feb 25, 2015, at 7:16 PM, Adrian Cowdry <00000029edc23ec7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.american.edu> wrote: From all that I have heard it would be better if Morrie took over the event and held it in Cleveland - it is central - start putting Cinevent in extreme parts of the US - East or est coast or north or south then you stand to lose some of the dealers. Columbus was not ideal but it was central - Cleveland is Morrie territory and it is central. Or will Cinevent become part of Syracuse? This Never Happened to the Other Fella.... Adrian Cowdry jboh...@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: Brek Anderson <brekanders...@comcast.net> To: MoPo-L <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Sent: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 1:13 Subject: Re: [MOPO] Will Cinevent take place this year? Hope this is not the end of Cinevent. I think Vegas would be a great place and we all could stay at Rich's. Brek From: "walter reuben" <wal...@walterfilm.com> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 4:21:55 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Will Cinevent take place this year? Awesome.... On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art <sa...@comic-art.com> wrote: dammit.. the Ramada is finished and will probably not reopen (ever) due to water damage. from trip advisor: To summarize: no heat in lobby, no cable all weekend, some showers only had scalding hot water, some showers only had ice cold water, mold in rooms, dressers hadn't been dusted ever, never got extra towels, no cups in rooms, no refrigerator, ice makers didn't work on any floor, phone didn't work so couldn't call front desk, pool half full, hot tub was roped off with a power line hanging above it, dead bat in stairwell and to top it off....fire alarms went off at 7 am Sunday due to pipes bursting on the 5th floor due to no heat up there. Water gushing out of the elevators, down stairways, flooding rooms & hallways and making at least 2 inches of ice at the exit door. Checking out was insane and the poor girl at the front desk had to deal with dozens of irate customers....no management to be found. We had over $ 4,000 worth of rooms that all refused to pay for. so the question is at this late date will Steve Haynes be able to find a suitable location in time and will it necessarily increase costs to attend I know the end of this hotel will please some.. but will you be as pleased if no replacement can be found? 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