Our biggest trade show of the year was a few weeks ago. Attendance was way down.
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Covid certainly hurt those numbers. Industry consolodation also hasn't helped. Hell, Vegas hasn't helped. The show has gotten exponentially more expensive. But people outside the US really didn't want to be bothered with the current climate in the US, especially as a foreigner.
In the way back days the inflated numbers were around 100k for the show. Now it's high 50k. We're very much reevaluating how much we want to invest in this show, given that we might have better outcomes at the big European show in September.
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 The Athletic reporting that WC resale prices are plummeting - ATL May 7, 2026, 9:48:50
- Good. Fvck FIFA* - timmer May 7, 2026, 13:32:15
- Hard to use tickets if you can’t get in the country.* - SurfTheBoneyard May 7, 2026, 12:55:26
- Hoping to go to Germany-Uruguay through my wife's work * - Jersey May 7, 2026, 12:50:08
- doublepost* - Jersey May 7, 2026, 12:50:08
- Would love to go to KC for a Netherlands match, but between the cost and FIFA.... - KingTalkyTiki May 7, 2026, 11:13:25
- going to opening USA game. can confirm hotels have softened quite a bit* - cpsteine May 7, 2026, 11:07:45
- Pre-paid for 2 USMNT tix for the Round of 8 and 3rd place game... - uofi1998 May 7, 2026, 10:54:22
- Covering 4 World Cup games including the semis in Dallas - illini81887 May 7, 2026, 10:16:26
- Fucking FIFA* - reggiedunlop May 7, 2026, 10:05:22
- Good reporting by the Athletic on this abysmal World Cup. It started with their greedy expansion.* - gullit May 7, 2026, 9:59:36
- They managed to absolutely kill demand with their pricing methods* - BradUnderwoodforprez May 7, 2026, 9:57:41
- "underwhelming" hotel demand, too (Athletic May 4) - Potomac May 7, 2026, 9:56:45
- I thought this was about used bathrooms.* - Tortillini May 7, 2026, 9:56:42
- I might be willing to look at a ticket to KC if it's affordable... but just about any soccer event - ijustkrushalot May 7, 2026, 9:52:46
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