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Re: How about a Brickfest West?
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Date: 
Wed, 18 Jul 2001 15:22:42 GMT
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In lugnet.events, Steve Bliss writes:
> Agree and disagree.  You are right, if there were more fests in different
> areas, many people would be more likely to go local/regional than to go
> national.  Some would still go to a 'national' fest.
> 
> But I disagree, to the extent that regional fests and this 'dilution' would
> be a bad thing overall. It would get more people to large 'fests, and that's
> a good thing.
> 
> Look at the BrickFest map <http://www.brickfest.com/peoplemap2001.html>.
> It's outdated/inaccurate, but it does show the extremely sharp inverse
> relation between the attendance rate and the distance traveled.  So having a
> West Coast 'national fest' would actually have very little overlap with
> BrickFest -- only a few people would be cross-incentivized.  And many of
> those would be likely to go to both anyway.  And the net positive is that
> many more people would show up at the West Coast 'fest, who didn't go to
> BrickFest anyway.
> 
> Also, about rotating locations for the fests: don't do it.  Having BrickFest
> in the same area every year, will help grow BrickFest and Wamalug, because
> it will attract and hold people from year to year.  With rotation, you'll
> lose all the advantage gained from repetition; it will be like a first-time
> event in each location.
> 
> Steve

YES! Testify my brother! *AMEN* *A-MEN*

8?)

Matt



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(...) Agree and disagree. You are right, if there were more fests in different areas, many people would be more likely to go local/regional than to go national. Some would still go to a 'national' fest. But I disagree, to the extent that regional (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.events)

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