Where will Brickfest 08 be held?

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personally i think that legoland is a better place to hold conventions, after all it is lego land, in carlsbad where the weather is the same year round, besides they have a pick a brick type thing at the club house.
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The European AFOL's hold a successful gathering at the LEGOLand in Billund, if my memory serves me correctly. That, I think, would be awesome. :)
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Not to awesome for American. It would be a pain in the tushie. Don't forget, its much harder. Legoland is hard for easterners to get there, but mid west and mid east is great for everyone in america. I think that is the best place.


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Really, this shouldn't be a major issue. If you have to drive 20+ hours, it simply isn't that epic. Sure it sucks that you might have to take an extra day off work for travel purposes, but what else would you expect? I honestly agree with Tony that a fairly centralized location is an ideal compromise for what is supposed to be a National LEGO fest.

For me, the biggest issue (and the real reason I avoid fests in general) is crossing the border. I just don't trust US/Canada customs with $3,000+ of LEGO. I can stomach the drive. It's the thought of some customs agent ripping one of my MOCs to shreds, or something equally dreadful happening that frightens me.
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Blueandwhite wrote: It's the thought of some customs agent ripping one of my MOCs to shreds, or something equally dreadful happening that frightens me.
Oh god. There's a sobering thought. :?
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From what some of the other Canadians have said, that usually isn't so much a problem with driving. As long as you've packed your stuff fine, there shouldn't be an issue.

It's the short-term transportation that worries me.
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Darkie wrote:From what some of the other Canadians have said, that usually isn't so much a problem with driving. As long as you've packed your stuff fine, there shouldn't be an issue.

It's the short-term transportation that worries me.
That's good to hear. Still, I'm a little apprehensive about bringing several hundred to several thousand dollars of LEGO across the border. Perhaps one day...
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I still say it should be held in DownTown Disney, or near it. There is a lego shop and it's in LA, a major city, and I'd be able to come, but it seems that I'd be the only one where it would be easy for.
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Lord Felix wrote:I still say it should be held in DownTown Disney, or near it. There is a lego shop and it's in LA, a major city, and I'd be able to come, but it seems that I'd be the only one where it would be easy for.
Do you really expect alot of people from the far reaches of Massachusetts, New York, or Michigan to drive that far? An LA event isn't a national event. It's a west coast event.
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what about Chicago? I think that would work for a lot of people
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Downtown Disney isnt to far from where i live, i might be able to go if it were by Disneyland. It would be kind of small there though.
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Where events should be held is something that was discussed several times over the course of the weekend at BrickCon. (And for the record, I have no influence with any of the events' organizers.)

The general consensus seems to be that any LEGO event location needs to be accessible from multiple directions. We have to remember that many people need to come down from Canada -- too far south and that's not possible. I totally understand Tony's point about the middle of the country, but I personally agree with Blue Knight. Here's why...

In talking to many of the out-of-state attendees at BrickCon (over 50%), they all agree that Seattle is a great location for a West Coast event. The city is a tourist destination (unlike Portland; sorry PDX'ers, though I think BrickFest PDX was absolutely fantastic), so the city has lots to do for those who want to come and do more than the Con. Seattle is far enough north to make the event convenient for the many Canadians who cross the border for the Con. As a tourist/convention destination, there are plenty of hotel options, but because Seattle is only a mid-size city (500,000), it's not nearly as expensive as a big city. Another major factor contributing to Seattle's success at hosting LEGO events is the sheer size of our local LUG. At last count, SEALUG had over 100 members.

LA/Anaheim and San Diego are great convention towns, to be sure, but they're far too south to be within reasonable driving distance of Canada (whereas driving up to Seattle from CA isn't unreasonable; I've done I-5 N/S more times than I can count). Both the LA area and San Diego are also extremely expensive cities, both in terms of renting convention venues and paying for lodging and food as an attendee. That's fine when you're there with a corporate credit card, but not okay when you want to save your money for buying LEGO! :D

Chicago might also be a great location for a middle-of-the-continent Con, and the DC area is apparently great for the East Coast, but I don't know much about either of them from a con-hosting perspective.

I think one of the reasons NWBrickCon has become fairly successful (to the point that we've dropped "NW") is that Seattle just happens to have a random combination of important assets:
* Large, active LUG
* Fairly inexpensive food and lodging
* Reasonably priced event facilities
* LEGO Store :)
* Geographically centered on the US/Canadian West Coast

Sure, I'm a BrickCon/SEALUG/Seattle booster, so take all of this with a grain of salt. :wink:

Ultimately, if you can't make it to one of the major regional/national/international events, do what's been suggested earlier in this thread: Start your own! What's now BrickCon started out in 2002 as a tiny little display on a handful of tables in a food court. Seriously.
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Blueandwhite wrote:
Lord Felix wrote:I still say it should be held in DownTown Disney, or near it. There is a lego shop and it's in LA, a major city, and I'd be able to come, but it seems that I'd be the only one where it would be easy for.
Do you really expect alot of people from the far reaches of Massachusetts, New York, or Michigan to drive that far? An LA event isn't a national event. It's a west coast event.
Blue and white, guess why I had that last sentence?
But to play off what you said, would a national event be held on the East coast either... or West coast for that matter? If I recall Brickfest has been held in Oregon and Washington D.C.

Do you think that people from the far reaches of California, Oregon, Washington, etc., would drive that far to Washington D.C.? Either way, we have a problem...

But from what you said, is Brickfest has been an east coast event one year and a west coast event another year?

I agree that if it is to be a national event, it should be held in the middle of the US, or in a mid-western state. But of course, the set back is that usually Brickfest is held in a town that has a Lego Store, and there are not a lot in the middle of US.
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Lord Felix wrote:I agree that if it is to be a national event, it should be held in the middle of the US, or in a mid-western state. But of course, the set back is that usually Brickfest is held in a town that has a Lego Store, and there are not a lot in the middle of US.
With the exception of Chicago which has two or three.

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Sorry if this has already been spread about, but will there be a BF '08?

My fiance' has agreed to go if there is one in PDX again this spring break, so that's why I'm wondering.
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