ACEN 2010

Scott · Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:48 am Post subject: ACEN 2010

May 14 - 16th.

Anyone interested in going? We went 2 years ago or so? I can't remember... Laughing

Scott · Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:50 pm Post subject:

I noticed today that "Aural Vampire" is going to be one of the musical guests at ACEN this year.

My last trip to Japan, the person I visited was friends with the girl in that group. I'm going to ask her if she still is. Laughing

Scott · Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:19 pm Post subject:

I am going. I got a "king" room at the Hyatt and pre-registered.

Scott · Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 1:40 pm Post subject:

Wow, the convention is really expanding their programming for what I remember in the past.

http://www.acen.org/acen2010schedule

In the PDF they have stuff in the Hyatt of course, but they also have:
2 panel rooms in Embassy Suites
3 panel rooms and 2 autograph rooms in the convention center
The AMVs in the Double tree

yoda2nd · Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 4:28 am Post subject:

I find it amazing that they just don't move the whole darn thing into the convention center. With 10k attendees at $40 a head, they have to be able to afford it.

Scott · Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 6:52 pm Post subject:

Well 15,000 x 45 = $675,000

So that is quite a large sum of money. There are a lot of hidden costs involved that probably take big chunk of it. I remember reading or seeing something the con chair said about the stage/video/sound aspects of the concerts, dances, and other events taking a sizable chunk of the budget.

Other aspects like the hotels wanting ACEN to pay for their facilities (eg. the Hyatt grand ballroom and such) are probably factors too.