more theory

[totient]

Every SF convention of more than 4200 people ever has been at least a 4-day con. We have no data to say, but I suspect that it's simply impossible to run a 5000-person 3-day event. It just won't fit.

Comments

[chhotii.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I was wondering-- What's the headcount at Arisia?

[mangosteen]

I believe you to be correct, but the next question is..... what won't fit?

[miss-chance.livejournal.com]

That doesn't make any sense as a tautology to me. I mean you can have a 50,000 person 3-hour concert. What do 5000 con attendees need that "doesn't fit" in 3-days? You can give them _fewer_ events and programming than Arisia has now, and everyone would still be happy:

"Did you think there was less programming this year?"

"I'm not sure, maybe, I didn't get to any..."

"Yeah, me either. Lookit my corset!"

Just curious

[macgyvette.livejournal.com]

You wouldn't happen to be crunching some numbers trying to close the books on Arisia '06 in record time, would you?

[cogitationitis.livejournal.com]

I disagree, as the old mega-Boskones probably exceeded 4200 before they imploded in the mid-80's. I-con has about 6,000, and Dragon*Con about 10,000, but they are 4-day events, I think. However, AnimeBoston had well over 6,000 last year, and was only 3 days.