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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pickin_grinnin" data-source="post: 7678990" data-attributes="member: 6697674">The magic number is going to vary from convention to convention, of course, based on a number of factors.I quit attending Dallas ComicCon (and related events) because the convention center they were using was far too small and poorly designed for the crowds they were getting.  10,000 attendees was pushing things, and 15,000 was pretty much stretched to the max.  They kept using that facility after they had passed the 20,000 mark, and at that point it became too much of a hassle to attend, even though it was being held 15 miles from where I lived.  Add to that the lack of close parking, EXTREMELY poor crowd control procedures (some of the worst I have ever seen), really bad volunteer training, hostile and arrogant owners, and substandard convention management overall and it had become a nightmare.  They got bought out a year or two ago and moved their main summer convention to a bigger facility, but continue to hold their other ones in the old place, with all the same problems.Texas Frightmare Weekend, in contrast, has done a good job of dealing with it's growth issues.  Even when Dallas ComicCon was closer to the size of TFW, it wasn't run nearly so well.</blockquote>