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Prufrock
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:51 am

Gen Con just inked a contract keeping it in Indy til 2015. Here's the article.

http://www.indystar.com/article/2009040 ... /904080322

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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:56 am

Excellent.

Indy is a fantastic site.

(And they managed an article that doesn't paint attendees as freaks - unlike 1-2 I remember in Milwaukee...)

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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:33 pm

27 million dollars is a good chunk of downtown cash that gets dropped straight into the laps of the hotels (and their crazy parking prices) and restraunts. This will be my second one and I'm glad they've decided to keep it close to home (3 hour drive to the ICC from home).

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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:14 pm

At least I will know where it is, even if I won't be able to go.

Those who can, don't. Those who should not, do.

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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:19 pm

Here is a somewhat related question: Did anyone ever find out for sure who was behind the attempted hostile takeover of GenCon last year?

I know that several people(including myself) speculated that it was Troll & Toad behind a dummy corporation, but did any other info ever come out about it?

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." -Neitzche

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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:38 pm

bclarkie wrote:Here is a somewhat related question: Did anyone ever find out for sure who was behind the attempted hostile takeover of GenCon last year?

I know that several people(including myself) speculated that it was Troll & Toad behind a dummy corporation, but did any other info ever come out about it?

Yes

http://community.gencon.com/forums/t/18889.aspx

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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:06 pm

mordrin wrote:
Yes

http://community.gencon.com/forums/t/18889.aspx

Wow what a read...

Congrats to the current Gencon staff for surviving Chapter 11 experience. Although reading through all the bankruptcy paperwork, it seemed like they were going to come out of it successfully (writing off Gencon So-Cal, lowered expenses, creditors willing to be paid off over a number of years, etc.).

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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:11 pm

serleran wrote:At least I will know where it is, even if I won't be able to go.

Lawl! Well said ... applies to me, too. I wonder if I'll ever see the inside of a large convention again?

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