Anime Central
Sep. 2nd, 2009 04:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_archfiendI usually don't do this, but I feel I have to vent over the fact that the room rate for the 2010 Acen has shot up to $155 a night for singles and $165 for everyone else, making it the most expensive fannish convention in the Chicago area by far.
A few comparisons are in order, of course.
Reactor: $103 a night
Windycon: $104 a night; suites at $159
Capricon: $103 a night; suites at $149
Duckon: $89 a night, suites from $129 to $139
While I won't repeat some of the inside stuff that I know about how MAPS/Anime Central apparently negotiates hotel contracts, I think it's glaringly obvious that you're doing a piss-poor job of it when other conventions can negotiate suite rates that beat your standard room rates.
And this from a con that still maintains not-for-profit status and purportedly isn't an autograph-hunter media con.
Feh.
A few comparisons are in order, of course.
Reactor: $103 a night
Windycon: $104 a night; suites at $159
Capricon: $103 a night; suites at $149
Duckon: $89 a night, suites from $129 to $139
While I won't repeat some of the inside stuff that I know about how MAPS/Anime Central apparently negotiates hotel contracts, I think it's glaringly obvious that you're doing a piss-poor job of it when other conventions can negotiate suite rates that beat your standard room rates.
And this from a con that still maintains not-for-profit status and purportedly isn't an autograph-hunter media con.
Feh.
