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Re: Frank's big BricksWest adventure
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lugnet.events
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Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:15:14 GMT
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Tim Courtney wrote:
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> > I'm not keen on Chicago because hotel space is pricey. I'd stump for CVG or
> > MSP or DTW (all midwest hubs) before ORD as space is less expensive in
> > Cincinnati, Minneapolis or Detroit than it is in Chicago.
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> I'm not absolutely certain, but I would figure hotel would get a bit cheaper if
> people were willing to travel out into the suburbs a bit after getting into
> town.
The trouble with getting too far from the airport is paying an arm and
three legs for transportation. My costs for BricksWest were:
$75 registration
$200 airfare
$70 ground transport
$300 hotel
I also lost about 4 hours to ground transport (using shuttles, Taxi
would have doubled the cost).
> > MichLUG is getting big enough and organized enough that MAYBE it could pull
> > something like this off in 2003. Not this year I don't think, though. NILUG
> > has a ways to go yet before it would be up to it I think.
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> You're right. We've got at least a year to go before we could put on a Chicago
> convention. But, I'd rather see one in MSP because of the Mall of America, and
> GMLTC. Even though I'd have to travel to get to it, I think that's the best
> midwest LEGO location.
I'd actually like to see a convention happen someplace which doesn't
have a LEGO outlet of any sort. My feeling is that that is an activity
which takes away from community gathering.
On the other hand, MSP probably is a pretty good location. Chicago is
also bad for being the most congested airport (I try and avoid Chicago
these days).
Frank
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