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GreyJedi
Title: SDFF MajorDomo
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Date Posted:
6/8/07 10:35am
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RE: Celebration V should return to Indianapolis!
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pwinklespi posted:
I felt that there was far less people at CIV than at CIII. Maybe it was that the convention center was bigger this year?
The LACC is almost 4-times the size of Indy. So 30,000 people in a bigger convention center is going to feel "smaller" than the same crowd in a physically smaller area.
It's called the Laws of Physics, people.
Basically, it doesn't matter what is done to make the convention better people are still going to complain. You complain about waiting in lines at Indy but then you complain about "walking too far" in the bigger convention center that doesn't have lines for every panel/event.
I hope that some of you never come to San Diego Comic-Con with 124,000 attendees and a dealer hall that is 5 football fields long. The Fire Marshall shut down ticket sales one year because they could not fit another person inside the convention center. However, the group that organizes this convention is very skilled at handling crowds and the more popular panels are always put in the biggest rooms to accomodate more people. If there are lines for a panel, they don't last more than 10 minutes at most. Although people do line up an hour or two early for the Masquerade Saturday night, even those that can't get in can still watch it on closed-circuit television from other areas of the convention center. Smart. Too bad the Opening Ceremonies couldn't have been handled that way.
LFL did ask the staff of Comic-Con to run CIII, but they declined. Unfortunately for us. 
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Jedi9181
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Date Posted:
6/8/07 11:07am
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Celebration V should be held at the Connecticut Convention Center!
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pwinklespi posted:
As far as location...it should change for each Celebration. I think East coast one year, West coast another and right in the middle after that.
I would have to agree. CIII in Indy (Middle), CIV in LA (West), and CV should be here on the East Coast. I suggest the recently constructed Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, CT. Call me selfish to suggest my homestate but I've been in it twice and it seems to be just right, not too small or too big, for the average number of "guests" between CIII and CIV. My only other suggestion would be MSG in New York or the Convention center in Baltimor, Maryland.
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The_Sith_Hunter
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Date Posted:
6/8/07 11:46am
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If there is a CV, it will be much better in LA. The construction you saw was for new hotels and restaurants. It will make it more "Star Wars user friendly. I don't see what was so bad. My hotel was a mile away and I enjoyed the walk in the mornings, and got to meet many new people on the shuttles. I don't think the LACC informed the local eateries that we would be bringing our money, but that will be taken care of when the construction is completed.
I liked it being spread out because it meant more space to hold bodies in line, walking, talking, or hanging out. I didn't like the cramped feeling of CIII. It just was too small and to keep an eye on my 10 year old nephew was not easy and I didn't have armor back then!
And for those who talk about making it central. How can you have a central location on a globe? There were people from all over the world. For our international visitors, adding an additional domestic flight would make their costs even higher. People traveled for a full 24 hours to get to C4, and Americans are complaining that it's not central? Come on. I don't care where CV will be; I will be there if it is Philly, Austen, Indy, LA, San Francisco, Europe, Asia, or Australia. I'm that big of a fan and will suck it up and do what ever it takes to be there.
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JediJustin
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Date Posted:
6/8/07 12:09pm
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LFL will have C5 wherever the $$$ leads it to.
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SkottASkywalker
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Date Posted:
6/8/07 12:13pm
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RE: Celebration V should return to Indianapolis!
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Me and my wife are from Greenwood, Indiana, around 15 miles from the location for STAR WARS CELEBRATION II and STAR WARS CELEBRATION III, and attended the last three STAR WARS celebrations each date of the events.
STAR WARS CELEBRATION II was held in April of 2002 and we had great weather. STAR WARS CELEBRATION III was held in May of 2005 and we had some really bad weather.
I thought the weather was great for the most part for STAR WARS CELEBRATION IV. Sometimes my wife was a little cold and sometimes I was a little hot. And it felt like there was more room to move and to walk and I also felt the lines were very doable and went smoothly. It seemed like a very easy experience. 
STAR WARS celebrations being held in Indiana means we don't have to spend money on plane tickets and a hotel and we don't have to ship things home. That saves us money and leaves me more money to spend on STAR WARS. 
Funny thing is, I may have spent more money at STAR WARS CELEBRATION IV on STAR WARS than I did on STAR WARS at the previous two STAR WARS celebrations, combined and that's not counting money we spent on our plane tickets and our hotel and our food. 
Wherever STAR WARS CELEBRATION V will be held, me and my wife will be there.
STAR WARS CELEBRATION V is getting closer!
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echo-3
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Date Posted:
6/8/07 4:56pm
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RE: Celebration V should return to Indianapolis!
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SkottASkywalker posted:
Wherever STAR WARS CELEBRATION V will be held, me and my wife will be there.
Same here Scott, Minus the wife..She HATES Star Wars
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Amidala081499
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WOW Echo...How can she hate Star Wars, its a very good moralistic movie, oh well!!! JK
I am sorry people but if its in Antarctica I am NOT attending, dont need no Hoth look alike!!!
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PatttyB0123
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Date Posted:
6/8/07 7:58pm
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Amidala081499 posted:
WOW Echo...How can she hate Star Wars, its a very good moralistic movie, oh well!!! JK
I am sorry people but if its in Antarctica I am NOT attending, dont need no Hoth look alike!!!
Ohh no the Antarctica.  but well if...we can pretend that we are in the rebel hiding planet.
My husband hates SW. 
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Hey, Patty, its been a while since I posted anything over on the Lightside. I'd like to know your thoughts on LA, Indy or some other place for C5.
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jedimelis
Title: Former FanForce CR
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Date Posted:
6/8/07 10:50pm
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RE: Celebration V should return to Indianapolis!
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6/8/07 10:52pm (1 edits total)
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It is absolutely unfair to hold Indy responsible for Gen Con's ineptitude at CIII. To be fair, you should compare locations only when considering a location.
Frankly LACC was too expansive, it was sheer torture to walk to the store or anything away from the Exhibit Hall after working almost nonstop for 6 days.
Speaking of the Exhibit Hall was not cool, they crammed all Vendors withe Autograph Hall and the traffic flow to the Autograph hall was horrible, not to mention the god awful taco stand cooking out in the open next to our photo stock and volunteer central was frankly disrespectful. Anne was wiping taco grease off of her computer at the end!! That was not so at Indy, we had our own hall, where the walls made incoming traffic alot easier to manage.
And morning security was much nicer to volunteers in Indy, LACC security literaly held back Anthony Daniels' handler and made exhibitors wait to exactly 9 am at the exact time that volunteers were pouring in, thanks for nothing.
The fact that we needed to take shuttles was crap. I was kitty corner to Indy Center at CIII and wasn't at an expensive hotel.
Only complaint about Indy for me... the city is dry you can't buy a cheap 12 pack of beer in a convenience store you have to pay $20 at the hotel. Yes there were more internal food vendors at LACC, true, but there were no restaurants in walking distance, whats with that???
My suggestion, Minneapolis. Its central, its friendly....
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Date Posted:
6/9/07 5:15am
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jedimelis posted:
god awful taco stand cooking out in the open next to our photo stock and volunteer central was frankly disrespectful. Anne was wiping taco grease off of her computer at the end!!
That was so weird...I was constantly passing that taco stand and it would be sending up steam and grease, I was wondering how you guys in the photo / volunteer area were handling that! They really should've had that thing outside or something...I bet everyone smelled like tacos by the end of the day..ick!
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jedimelis posted:
Only complaint about Indy for me... the city is dry you can't buy a cheap 12 pack of beer in a convenience store you have to pay $20 at the hotel.
If Celebrations returns to Indy, hit me with a pm and I can tell of local places all close and within a reasonable walking distance of the hotels downtown that sale beer. Or places nearby you can drive too.
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I'm not going to suggest my home-state of Florida, just because I know it would be inconvenient for many and there's no real good places to hold C-V.
However, I would like the next Celebration to be held somewhere on the East Coast. I'm 15, and I was unable to attend C4 because of the distance. The midwest/Central US isn't very populous and I think would be a hassle for many, and would result in a lower number of attendees.
Indiana might not be so bad.
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SithRebel1206 posted:
I'm not going to suggest my home-state of Florida, just because I know it would be inconvenient for many and there's no real good places to hold C-V.
However, I would like the next Celebration to be held somewhere on the East Coast. I'm 15, and I was unable to attend C4 because of the distance. The midwest/Central US isn't very populous and I think would be a hassle for many, and would result in a lower number of attendees.
Indiana might not be so bad.
Hi Sith! Assuming that the RUMOR is true, C5 & C6 could be back in LA again. Start saving for it now. A plane ticket costs approximately $200 so you can start saving $9 per month for 2 years (ASSUMING that it'll be in 2009). Of course you also need to calculate other expenses into your savings.
Also you may want to look into splitting the cost of a hotel room with roommates. The best way to find them would probably be to start early. A suggestion would be to become an active participant of the many SW boards MONTHS or YEARS in advance (not 2 months before the Celebration). Fellow members making the trip would be able to trust you more, and you will have fellow members to vouch for you.
As stated on this boards by ValedaKor, the downtown area is under construction. Hopefully the construction by the convention center will be finished by C5. This should resolve the issues that some people had about LA (such as lack of restaurants):
LA SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT
I wouldn't mind if the next one is in Florida as long as it's held during the winter. I just read that this is one of the best times to visit because it is not humid and there is not as much rainfall. Plus my family could also make an extended vacation out of it. By that time my son will be 5 years old and should have a longer attention span to appreciate Star Wars & Disney World.
Hopefully you'll make it to C5
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6/10/07 2:37pm
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jedimelis posted:
god awful taco stand cooking out in the open next to our photo stock and volunteer central was frankly disrespectful. Anne was wiping taco grease off of her computer at the end!!
Alas, I was constantly gagging as I wandered that area during my sweeps of the LACC. Another reason why my desire to eat was crushed. Oh well, it didn't interfere too much with my primary objectives of being there.
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