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by Remæus on Tue Nov 14, 2006 5:12 pm
We'll most likely be taking out a loan to pay for the up front costs, and making our profits to pay it back.
The locations that have most seriously come under consideration for reasons of administration ability have been North Carolina and Michigan. If we take it to Florida, we'd be directly competing with MetroCon and several other major conventions.
A locale would need to be somewhere where a person can be around nearly full-time, to take care of any issues that arise in scheduling, setup, administration, hiring, teardown, etc. etc. We'll be renting out a convention center, and most likely set up booking with the accompanying hotel. Any cheaper space would be awesome - a church, a community center. Depending on our target crowd (remember discussion about not growing -too- large, losing the homely feeling), we'll need a place to sleep within walking distance. If it has an outdoor space, great.
I've been glancing around, checking our options. NC would be great, since that's where I'll be, and I know the area best. What can everyone else present as options?
I personally know Morisson Poe, the band that played the theme song for Perfect Dark Zero. They have an awesome fan base, and should drag a small crowd wherever they play. I'm pretty damned sure I can get Jeanie to play for us. They're currently East Coast (here in NC), but may be open to travelling.
Another thing is guests - we need some guests to attract desire and more crowd - I'm thinking along the lines of authors, pro gamers. We might have a voice actor or two - Vic Mignogna is someone who we can talk to as well. Though, this would be opening the door to anime fans, which is something that also needs to be considered.
We can also submit the story to the local news stations, maybe they'll pick up on the story and report it on the nightly news or something.
...and work just got hella busy. I'll end here.
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