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| - My wife and I attended. We were looking forward to it so much. It was a nice day, nice weather so at $50.00 for both of us, we were okay - but just barely okay. A few suggestions for the event leaders: 1. Get a larger venue. The closeness of the crowd was very offsetting! 2. In addition to the marvelous local vegan restaurateurs, also approach national brands (Follow Your Heart, tofurky, Daiya, Morningstar, tuscon tamales, &c.) and have them attend. 3. Work out something different for people who pre-paid vs. those who need to purchase tickets at the event. People with vip tickets were waiting in long lines with people who had not pre paid. I heard a lot a groaning about that. 4. Only offer vip tickets online. As we were leaving after a couple of hours of standing because there was not enough seating, my wife said "Let's not go next year. That was terrible and expensive. Definitely not worth it!" To which I replid: "This is only the 2nd year. People will give them improvement ideas and next year will be better. We'll go one more year. " PLEASE don't make a liar out of me. Learn! You raked in cash at this event, but I won't pay that kind of money for the kind of experience you provided this year and I'll be looking very closely at everything next year before plunking down 50 to 100 bucks just to get in, then paying for food and whatnot.
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