Several companies have done the off site thing. Many have done this it at CES as well, and still do so. As the cost continue to ramp up, it just make sense.

The main issue is that unless the word gets out, or it's in a very public area where it will gain attention, getting new faces is the main problem.


Remember when some of the big names pulled out of CES and set up their own places in various hotel ballrooms? It worked because they just got the word out.


While the EXPO is a great idea, I think there has been a total lack of good management and direction. Sadly it's just not nearly playing out as it should, or could.

Spending millions fighting with Noel Lee over the right to use a stupid name was one of the glaring idiocies.

I felt my $500.00 a year was worthwhile way back. Oh, what it could have been.