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EACA Showfloor Buzz

Vol. 11, Issue 31, August 13, 2008

EACA NEWS

RSMGC 2008 Approaches!  The 2008 Randy Smith Memorial Golf Classic will take place at Chateau Elan on October 24, 2008 in Braselton, GA (outside of Atlanta).
 
It’s time to make your plans for this year’s event, and full details about the event and the 2008 recipients is now available on the RSMGC web site at www.rsmgc.com.
 
Please note that there will be no printed brochure this year.   Feel free to use the Golf Registration Form, or the Tennis Registration Form which are attached here.
 
And, be sure to take advantage of the Early Bird registration discount and submit your registration before September 1.
 
We encourage all EACA members to support the RSMGC!!

New England Auto Show to Restrict Labor Options? The Showfloor Buzz has received an unconfirmed report that the New England Auto Show is contemplating the continuance of its controversial practice of restricting exhibitor’s labor options for its show. According to last year’s show rule, all New England Auto Show exhibitors were required to use the general service contractor for labor to erect and dismantle their exhibits.
 
The original rationale for this rule was that the New England Auto Show was located in the Bayside Expo Center – which has an exclusive agreement with Freeman to provide all show services in the building.
 
Last year, the NE Auto Show moved to the public convention center in Boston (MCCA), and the rule was carried over. At that time, exhibitors and EACs that provide labor were told that the extension of this rule was temporary.   But sources tell the Buzz that the show intends to continue this rule again this year.

CHAPTER NEWS

Chicago Chapter News

McCormick Place No Smoking Policy
The Buzz has recently been notified by the MPEA that there has been a significant increase in violations of the No Smoking Policy at McCormick Place recently.   I am reminding all our members in Chicago to pass the word on to all your employees that this policy is to be strictly adhered to – and that violators will be ticketed,  or dismissed from the building, or both.

Please do your best to pass the word on to all your people and let them know that if they are lighting up victory cigars over the most recent Cubs win – to do it outside the building!

Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.


Las Vegas Chapter News

Las Vegas Convention Center Announcement

Effective, Friday, August 15, 2008, ALL Exhibitor Appointed Contractors (EAC) requiring access to drop-off/pickup equipment necessary to erect exhibits will be required to report to the Official Service Contractor’s designated marshalling yard for the assigned show or event. Upon arriving at the marshalling yard, the EAC will be issued all necessary freight door passes by the Official Service Contractor. These passes will allow access to appropriate LVCC area(s) for drop-off of booth assembly equipment.
 
All EAC’s will be required to follow below listed restrictions; Failure to comply with these procedures may result in loss of privileges at the LVCVA:
-       Unloading of equipment in front of buildings is prohibited.
-       All equipment must be carried through freight doors only.
-       Equipment shall not be allowed into the building through a walk-through door under any circumstances.
-       All equipment MUST be stored inside show booth or display area, or removed from LVCC property at end of each day.
-       Storage on property will be extremely limited due to ongoing construction. However, arrangements for additional storage may be discussed by contacting show’s Official Service Contractor.
 
Designated locations for drop-off of equipment with freight access pass:
NORTH HALLS
(Freight Door #15) – Access from North Road, proceed to red curb adjacent to Warehouse just east of freight door #15.
CENTRAL HALLS      
(Freight Door #6) – Access from Joe W. Brown Drive, adjacent to LVCVA Wash Rack just south of freight door #6.
SOUTH HALLS 1 and 2; Lower Level                     
(Freight Door #40) – Access from Swenson Avenue, proceed to freight door 40.
SOUTH HALLS 3 and 4; Upper Level
(Freight Door #52) – Access from Paradise Road, proceed to location west of freight
door #52.




INDUSTRY NEWS

 Trouble in New Orleans? <M&C Midweek News> The Times-Picayune has reported that the New Orleans Morial Convention Center remains "largely unbooked" for 2010 and 2011.  Tim Hemphill, the center's director of sales and marketing, told M&C that this is incorrect, but that 2010 and 2011 do look to be "a challenge" in terms of bookings.  To meet that challenge, the convention facility and the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau have put together a package offering free use of the center plus other enticements (such as free Wi-Fi and some free F&B) to meeting planners who book more than 1,000 peak room nights during select months from 2008 through 2011.
 
Economy Stymies Las Vegas CC Expansion <Tradeshow Week>    Citing current economic conditions, a Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority spokesman said some renovations of the Las Vegas Convention Center have been put on hold.  The previously planned renovations that involved the North and Central halls and meeting rooms will continue with a projected 2011 completion date and a cost of $395 million, according to LVCVA spokesman Jeremy Handel.  The second and third phases of the renovations have been postponed.
 
Newspapers' Teamsters forgo raise   <Philadelphia Daily News>    "We want to keep our jobs. We want to retire out of here," declared John Laigaie, president of Teamsters Local 628, representing drivers and other workers for the Daily News and Inquirer. "I'm too old to look for another job."
 
Laigaie commented after his union members voted overwhelmingly yesterday - 193-7 - to forgo a $25-a-week raise scheduled to begin Sept. 1.

SMG Selected for New Stint as Colorado Convention Center Management  <Trade Show Executive> Denver has decided it has a good thing going with SMG and has recommended that the incumbent managers of the Colorado Convention Center be awarded a new series of contracts totaling 12 years.

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

Discoveries are often found by not following instructions, by going off the main road, by trying the untried.
 
-- Frank Tyger



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