TheGoldenChild

Mike,
I recall the culture shock when the show moved from the Monte Carlo to the Venetian...Talk about "sticker shock"

While we did end up getting a nicer place to hold an event, we did also incur more expenses. I remember $20 cheeseburgers, and internet connection fees that could choke a horse...

However there were a lot of great parties and "get togethers" that arose from the show being in that location...One being YISHAI's Yearly Dinner at Canneletto's- another being the Players Ball at C2K
The "V" Bar was always a place for some shindigs and my favorite place in the World...Emeril's "Delmonico's"

Many a nice private business dinner was held there. I think when it all comes down to it- most people like to do what they like to do- I know most people in this business are resourceful people who won't buy fresh content for their site or are switching hosting companies to save $100 a month...

It would be naive of AVN to think that these same people
will continue to shell out BIG $$$ once a year for this show if there becomes some sort of competition that gives the webmaster some intrinsic value.

Keep in mind one very important tidbit of advice here Mike...
XBIZ, WEBMASTER ACCESS and KLIXXX are run by successful web operators who have made affiliates millions of dollars in this business.
THEY HAVE TRAFFIC. Traffic = Lifeblood for paysites and products....

AVN is owned by The adult VIDEO news world- their end user is the bookstore owner who purchases product from the video companies that advertise in AVN Magazine.

If you are new to the adult web, where would you want to be? In front of webmasters or video people?

Don't get me wrong- AVN has a very large database of webmasters from years of putting out AVN Online, they also inherited Steve Hearn's old list-

Time will tell- let's see how this tradeshow turns out for them in a new location this time-

Anyone remember what happened when AVN went to a new hotel in Ft Lauderdale...did you guys save money or spend more?

:-))

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