03-27-2010, 10:24 PM
We do our show in a hockey rink after the ice melts. We budget fairly tightly but if a normal crowd comes we make a few thousand dollars -- we're not in it for the money. We try to disperse the surplus back to the layout exhibitors. Our manager's practise is to have the fixed expenses covered by the vendors' table rents.
Most of the smaller shows here are in some sort of community center. A long time ago we ran into a problem that almost all the public spaces were regularly taken up on Sunday mornings by religious groups.
There is one large "professionally" run show that takes a couple of halls in an exhibition center. (used to be 2 shows like that) I'm going to one tomorrow in a private recreation complex. It's mostly sales; some layouts but not many. It's in Kitchener on the day after the big layout tours.
Most of the smaller shows here are in some sort of community center. A long time ago we ran into a problem that almost all the public spaces were regularly taken up on Sunday mornings by religious groups.
There is one large "professionally" run show that takes a couple of halls in an exhibition center. (used to be 2 shows like that) I'm going to one tomorrow in a private recreation complex. It's mostly sales; some layouts but not many. It's in Kitchener on the day after the big layout tours.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.