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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BrooklynKnight" data-source="post: 1278011" data-attributes="member: 4490">Canada is too far north for Gencon, NYC or DC would be the prime locations for an EAST Gencon. The primary problem with NYC is the cost. Though there ARE hotel rooms in Times Square that go for 80/night.  Due to the current starved economic state of NYC i have no doubt that Bloomberg would give some kind of massive discount for someone to do a large convention in nyc. (In fact the olympic village he is supporting to be built in queens would be used for conventions and low cost housing after 2012.)Anywho I'm overstepping here quite a few years. Vegas would be an intresting location for Gencon West if So Cal doesnt work out after 2 years. NYC is also the "best" choice because it has no shortage of hotel space, or convention space. And its NYC, i mean, who needs an exuse to come here! Anywho i'll harken back to something Peter told me, (well it may have been him, its been over a year and i dont remember rightly, heh..) As much a labor of love Gencon is, its also a buisness. Gencon needs to be profitable (at least in the long run as he noted in his SoCal Report), NYC is very expensive to run a convention in, and the taxes dont exactly help much. Who knows what the future holds though. After SoCal becomes a stable, profitable venture (which might take 3 years, as again noted in the report), he might again be willing to invest in expanding. Though one should remember, just how many conventions CAN we have. 2 Gencons, and Origins are already the top 3 conventions in North America. Then there are the countless Magic Pro Tours that a good portion of the attendees already travel for. How many conventions can the gamer/consumer afford to travel too? Making too many might be good for us, because we can pick and choose which to go too, but not for Gencon LLC because the fanbase would be spread thin and thus less profitable. Its a dream, a nice one, but just a dream.</blockquote>

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