ValedaKor posted:Steve Sansweet was asked at C-IV why there couldn't be a Celebration in Australia, for instance. He said there probably could -- if someone down there wanted to organize and run it. They would have to prove they were good for the money, of course. LFL doesn't want you to use their money, they want you to use yours. Aye, there's the rub. As a meeting planning professional, I know the pitfalls of these things. GenCon's gaming conventions are a pretty big deal. They include a lot of other activities besides gaming, and since they can draw on a much greater fan base (it is not, after all, only confined to SW games), there is a lot of interest there. Which is probably why LFL thought they could handle a Celebration.
TFN posted:UPDATE 4: SciFiFann Reports: "My wife supplied the temp staff for the Gen Con Celebration IV. The company she worked for ISSG was never paid for their services by Gen Con and they owed more than 150k for the 400 temp staff used. The company she worked for closed due to the death of the owner last August but that money is still due to the bank that took over the receivables for the temp staffing agency. Gen Con is being sued by First Private Bank and Trust for the invoices due from supplying the temp staff for SWCIV. "