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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 1665488" data-attributes="member: 151">Perhaps this has been answered before, and I've missed it....but this has bugged me for a while.&nbsp; I understand why GenCon got it's start where it did, and the reasons it remains in the region it does.&nbsp; No problem, there.&nbsp; I wouldn't want Gencon to move.&nbsp;&nbsp;But the announcement of GenCon in SoCal irked me a tad....not because SoCal shouldn't have a GenCon, but because I would expect that the confluence of the New England and Mid-Atlantic states would have more than a sizable population of gamers to make a similar event on the East Coast a success.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Knowing that, by and large, the WotC folks and Peter Adkinson have a general clue about things (flawed switchovers notwithstanding), I'm curious why it hasn't been put forth or done.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Is it because the existing convention circuit on the East Coast is too big and established already?&nbsp; I can believe that, but I expected the same to be true of the west coast.&nbsp; For every DragonCon, there's a San Diego Comic Con.&nbsp; Is it because of the relatively close proximity to WotC's offices in Seattle...are they relatively close?&nbsp; Is it a cost issue?&nbsp; I can understand that, too...but it seems to me that holding a convention in, say, Baltimore's Inner Harbor (which is where I'm going for Otakon 2004 in two weeks time) wouldn't be that expensive (or at least not moreso than Anaheim, CA).&nbsp;&nbsp;Thoughts or Information?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 1665488, member: 151"] Perhaps this has been answered before, and I've missed it....but this has bugged me for a while. I understand why GenCon got it's start where it did, and the reasons it remains in the region it does. No problem, there. I wouldn't want Gencon to move. But the announcement of GenCon in SoCal irked me a tad....not because SoCal shouldn't have a GenCon, but because I would expect that the confluence of the New England and Mid-Atlantic states would have more than a sizable population of gamers to make a similar event on the East Coast a success. Knowing that, by and large, the WotC folks and Peter Adkinson have a general clue about things (flawed switchovers notwithstanding), I'm curious why it hasn't been put forth or done. Is it because the existing convention circuit on the East Coast is too big and established already? I can believe that, but I expected the same to be true of the west coast. For every DragonCon, there's a San Diego Comic Con. Is it because of the relatively close proximity to WotC's offices in Seattle...are they relatively close? Is it a cost issue? I can understand that, too...but it seems to me that holding a convention in, say, Baltimore's Inner Harbor (which is where I'm going for Otakon 2004 in two weeks time) wouldn't be that expensive (or at least not moreso than Anaheim, CA). Thoughts or Information? [/QUOTE]

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