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So about Nomadicon...
2 years ago
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I got word around lunchtime today that my newest local con, Nomadicon, is shutting down after just one year of existing.
To be honest I kind of feel indifferent to the news, I'm not sad nor happy about it. The con and location was great, yeah, but...the price just to stay for the event is what probably brought them down, if I had to take a wild guess (it was $90 just for attendee level, if I remember right). But on the bright side, it looks like the hotel didn't file a single complaint over any party or furry that was staying there! Which was a huge surprise to me, because I thought we'd be seeing a repeat of MFF where all the hotel room parties were shut down within minutes (on a side note: the two parties I went to myself were super chill :3).
So yeah, I'm a little upset that I don't have a Memorial Day con where I can fullsuit safely by myself anymore...but now I have more funds to save for my other planned trips. Which speaking of, are currently:
• March 14-17: Texas Furry Fiesta
• May 8-12: Furry Weekend Atlanta (the con starts on the 9th but I'm gonna try to be there on my birthday hehe)
• July 4-7: Anthrocon
MFM is up in the air for next year as my time last year wasn't very pleasant, it'll all depend on how this year goes.
[EDIT 10/01]: SO I talked to someone at a Nashville meet yesterday who knew a lot of the old con staff, and it turns out I was so wrong on what I said about the hotel; the Millennium Maxwell REFUSED to have Nomadicon back for another year, so the con canceled 2024 (and beyond) since they are back to having no venue. The cost to attend had nothing to do with them shuttering doors, it was that the hotel decided—literally—that we were too sexually devious to risk hosting us again :(
To be honest I kind of feel indifferent to the news, I'm not sad nor happy about it. The con and location was great, yeah, but...the price just to stay for the event is what probably brought them down, if I had to take a wild guess (it was $90 just for attendee level, if I remember right). But on the bright side, it looks like the hotel didn't file a single complaint over any party or furry that was staying there! Which was a huge surprise to me, because I thought we'd be seeing a repeat of MFF where all the hotel room parties were shut down within minutes (on a side note: the two parties I went to myself were super chill :3).
So yeah, I'm a little upset that I don't have a Memorial Day con where I can fullsuit safely by myself anymore...but now I have more funds to save for my other planned trips. Which speaking of, are currently:
• March 14-17: Texas Furry Fiesta
• May 8-12: Furry Weekend Atlanta (the con starts on the 9th but I'm gonna try to be there on my birthday hehe)
• July 4-7: Anthrocon
MFM is up in the air for next year as my time last year wasn't very pleasant, it'll all depend on how this year goes.
[EDIT 10/01]: SO I talked to someone at a Nashville meet yesterday who knew a lot of the old con staff, and it turns out I was so wrong on what I said about the hotel; the Millennium Maxwell REFUSED to have Nomadicon back for another year, so the con canceled 2024 (and beyond) since they are back to having no venue. The cost to attend had nothing to do with them shuttering doors, it was that the hotel decided—literally—that we were too sexually devious to risk hosting us again :(
