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Author Topic: Showest 2008 Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-28-2008 06:37 PM                        Once again, we are not going. I think if ShoWest was held in September, right after the lucrative summer season, we would be ready to go! This time of year we're always into some project that's sucking up all the $. (This year, it's a lobby remodel.) Have fun y'all.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-28-2008 07:40 PM                     quote: Mike Blakesley This year, it's a lobby remodel Mike... come on man... that can't take more than three hours to do... . Your lobby... its about 30 square feet right....? quote: Louis Bornwasser Southwest usually blocks 750 rooms at Ballys for their "dream vacations." Dream Vacation... Vegas... ya got to be kiddin right... I can think of thousands of places I'd rather go... Mark  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 01-28-2008 08:04 PM                     Most of my bookings for Showest have been through American Airlines Vacation package...some years either the flight was free or the hotel was below Super 8 pricing This trip will be short......  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 01-28-2008 08:17 PM                     Mark...the Super8 chain has never been known for its DEluxe accommodations. Their thing has been the "Super-Rate at the Super-8." However...at this point, those are the types of hotels that have rooms and even most of them are booked. I've never seen the place this full. Dennis...if you just want to see the trade show...hook up with manufacturer as a "Guest"...if you want to go to the seminars, product reels...and other "events" then yes, that is normally the high-dollar package. Steve  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-28-2008 09:54 PM                        quote: Mark Gulbrandsen Mike... come on man... that can't take more than three hours to do... . Your lobby... its about 30 square feet right....? Yeah, but we have a lot going on...it's more of a restoration than a remodel, really -- we're bringing a lot of the "original" building surfaces that have been paneled over back into the open, so there's a lot of painting and patching. It's going to take about 4 weeks total.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 01-29-2008 04:48 PM                     I plan on going this year, but haven't booked a room yet... I will likely have to take the 'Hotwire gamble' and take what they give me... I will have my car this time (Kat is working a film festival and cannot attend) and while there plan on hanging not only with all of you, but the LV chapter of Scikotics as well. -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Dennis Udovich Film Handler Posts: 71 From: Sheboygan, WI, USA Registered: Dec 2001 posted 01-29-2008 05:38 PM                        Got my flight tickets, hotel reservations, and ShoWest registration. But I am real lucky here. Marcus Theatres had a contest for the highest increase in gift card sales over the holidays and I came in first place. Won a trip to Vegas, and accomondations at Marcus' new Platinum Hotel (located just behind Bally's). See you in warm Vegas! Wisconsin will be MINUS 20 below (wind chill) tonight. Burrrrrrrrrrrrr  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-29-2008 06:30 PM                     Steve, Another "cheap deal" in Vegas is the Motel-6 about a mile north of Ballys. Its pill box concrete style construction assures you a pleasant nights sleep... very quite place. One could also stay in Mesquite about an hour north of Vegas. Its an interesting town with anbout 20,000 retirees and three multiplex's battling it out for the biz from those 20K people. quote: Mike Blakesley It's going to take about 4 weeks total. Mike, Thats got to be a typo... you mean 4 hours total.... quote: Dennis Udovich Wisconsin will be MINUS 20 below (wind chill) tonight. Burrrrrrrrrrrrr It was 37 below in Big Piney, Wyoming last week... your 20 below would feel like a heat wave to those folks. Mark  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 01-29-2008 06:43 PM                  quote: Louis Bornwasser Southwest usually blocks 750 rooms at Ballys for their "dream vacations." Louis Problem is (in addition to being sold out for the ShoWest dates) the package isn't available until after March 31st or for anyone attending a convention.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 01-29-2008 07:05 PM                     (Well, the "Stupid 8" on Kovall St behind Bally's got all booked up real fast ...) ...three others "Stupid 8's" to chek into now ... (sorry, feeling mean today...snowy weather over here ...)  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-29-2008 08:49 PM                        quote: Mark Gulbrandsen Mike, Thats got to be a typo... you mean 4 hours total.... Nope...here's "The Roxy Lobby Remodel List," or "Why I'm Not Going to ShoWest This Year" -Remove "wood paneling" from inside and outside concession stand -Remove "wood wall" from in front of original stage -Remove suspended ceiling from concession stand -Build imitation "beams" inside concession to conceal pipes coming from original ceiling -Remove wood paneling from balcony stairway and restore original stucco wall underneath -Rebuild cash drawer shelf in concession stand -Install drywall inside and outside of concession, texture and paint -Texture and paint partition in front of men's room door -Move radiator, refinish wall behind it and reinstall -Paint underside of balcony -Build storage cabinet under stage -Restore stage front (replace trim that had been removed) -Patch a few "leaks" in the screen end of the building -Repair original rear exit door -Fix the front display window Electrical: -Remove unused wiring from old aisle lights -Rewire dimmer outlets in stage and install new 110V outlets -Install 8 can lights in concession ceiling and remove old flourescent fixture -Rewire concession stand and install 4 outlets It'd go faster if we could just rip'n'tear without having to be put-together enough to open every night. But, that's show biz.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 01-30-2008 12:26 AM                     Gee Mike, when you get this all done, we need picts of your remodel...  |  IP: Logged Ron Funderburg Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 814 From: Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA Registered: Nov 2007 posted 01-30-2008 07:42 PM                        Well it has been 4 years since I have been and my company hasn't told me I am this year so I am guessing that only the owners will be going again. Oh I miss owning sometimes! But then when it comes time to write checks I don't miss it so much! I hope all that go have a great time.  |  IP: Logged Poon Limpapun Film Handler Posts: 40 From: Pathumwhan Bangkok Thailand Registered: Nov 2007 posted 01-31-2008 01:46 AM                        Our team is going and we are staying across the street at Bellagio  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 02-07-2008 05:49 PM                     I'm booked. See those of you that decide to come when you get there! -Aaron  |  IP: Logged

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