Shows in general should not be run for PROFIT.
As others have said, some of the shows put ALL the money from sponsors and shit back into the show. That means catered meals, freebies, and quality speakers among other things.
Some of these shows are ran like a FOR PROFIT with the high badge cost, the nickel and diming you on ever little thing. It is not wonder some of the smaller people do not want to drop $1200-1500.00 per show 4 times a month. It's not rocket science.
That said, a lot of the shows I do enjoy. Including the venue. Even some of the higher end, or priced one's like Vegas, or Miami. But a lot of people simply are not going to get their dicks banged in 2-4 times a month trying to go to all these trade shows for BRO drinks, and listening to the same old people talking about the same old shit.
LAJ's Expo in San Fran was very nice. It had a good turn out and the seminars were interesting, and you heard from people you normally do not with some fresh perspective.
It was not the same old timers crying in their beers about how tubes are killing the industry, and making absolutism remarks like,... 'we ALL KNOW the pay site model is dead", or, "we ALL KNOW free is the way of the future",... type of shit.
Those making such remarks are discredited right out of the gate for being clueless idiots.
