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Old 07-17-2013, 11:26 AM   #4
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Re: Anime Expo 2013

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Originally Posted by SaiQ View Post
Anime Expo's attendance annually increases by the thousands, so if you don't like crowded conventions or long lines for events, AX wouldn't suit your taste. It is annoying that Masquerade and concerts were charged individually and parking for the convention center increased from $5 to $20. However, I can see why given how much it costs to rent out LACC and Club Nokia. South Hall was also closed after hours (reduce rent?). Only staff or those who needed to access the parking garages were permitted. Lack of air conditioning in South Hall was also a problen, but that's due to the large crowd's combined body heat being too much for the lobby's cooling system to handle.

-SaiQ
To be fair, when we go to a convention, it's as press. If we have in the same month E3 (in the same area) as well as several other conventions around the US then it gets hard to justify the pure cost. Not only are you fighting with other media outlets, but you're also under harsher policies in terms of photography or videography. I don't deny they're a great place to get news scoops, but there's a lot of other conventions at the time with big-named guests as well.

So from that standpoint it's really difficult to justify the cost of travel for three people, hotel for close to a week (in an area we were just at), etc. We've gone as 91.8 The Fan three times before, but it's just taken a backseat overall.
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