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cropsy2008

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  1. Not sure if this has been said in the past, but my Father used to be the floor manager for the London Boat Show (it was his job to make sure all the boats fitted in!) so here's an interesting fact about it:

     

    The central area of the main hall conceals a massive pool area. The floor is supported on a combination of hydraulic jacks with lock-in rigid supports, enabling it to be used in its 'up position' for 'heavyweight' events such as the Royal Tournament, then lowered & flooded to give a 60m X 30m pool between 2.5m & 3m deep (depending on usage). The 750-ton concrete exhibition floor can be removed & reinstated at the push of a button. When used it takes four days to fill & four days to empty, using 2 1/4 million gallons of water!

    Aquaman photoshoot???????

    Jaws photoshoot???????

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    I've only been to 1 Olympia lfcc in 2012 can someone tell me is there more floor space at this years event than 2012, it sure sounds like it.

    I wasn't there in 2012 but when I went to LFCCW 2013, they used 1 hall. This is in 6 so if 2012 was the same then I'd say there will be more space.

     

    Yes, a fair bit more space than 2012 - in 2012 they used the West Hall (lower level) and Grand Hall, it appears those are in use for another event this time around (though that event finishes on Thursday, the breakdown/setup of the events overlap) but with the other halls in use there is more space overall than then, or than last year for that matter.

     

    Is the grand hall olympia's biggest? if so does that mean this years event will be in smaller but more numerous halls? this could lead to many bottlenecks and alot of overcrowding. Please don't lock this thread sm. Just please inform us.

  3. I am not going to lie, last year I purchased a ticket for Stan lee off someone who could no longer go at cost price.

    I got to see my hero

    He got his money back

    Then we went to lfcc on the Friday and the Saturday, did all we wanted so I posted on the fan page. 2 Sunday ticket for sale cost price. Sold to someone who didn't get in Saturday.

    I got my money back

    Actual fan got in to convention

    You do have to stop the idiots, but the fan community on here are generally just trying to help each other out. It's difficult to know what to do.

    It is difficult because as you say it is just "real" fans buying the tickets off the scammers and sm doesn't lose money on tickets as they are already sold infact a ticket that is sold but not used WOULD cost sm money as that person would have spent money inside the venue. I think what the real problem sm mean is the fake tickets that will have fans missing out when they get turned away and the type of person who touts tickets is not always the best. These cause sm problems through no fault of their own not to mention they won't want fans of their shows getting ripped off.

  4. Perhaps very naïve of me but I was saddened and shocked that reading the Facebook forum this morning that someone had wanted to find out what hotel the guests would be staying at.. appreciate slightly off topic but I hope this is not news to SM and that adequate security is in place to ensure that the guests have a great time and are not bothered unnecessarily outside of the event.

    This is not just a lfcc thing. Sadly people do this all over the world, unfortunately some people take it way to far.

  5. I hate scammers, they are so annoying. They do it with limited edition blu rays, posters etc. To be clear though sm are painting that all resold tickets are scammers, they will not be. SM don't refund entry tickets so people or families that can't attend will try to sell them on as they can't get a refund. This is the 1st thing sm should tackle, maybe in future allow people to return their tickets with a waiting list of those who missed out ready to buy them. Lets face it entry into lfcc with more than likely double in the next 2/3 years as it is selling out (normal buisness practice) that may cut down on scammers but in reality there is probably not alot sm can do beyond names on tickets and checking id's but that would take ages with an event of this size. A rock and a hard place really. I think the best thing is just to book early through official channels. I think last year tickets had been on sale a week or 2 before i bought them, next year it will be as soon as they go on sale. Maybe its time for wembley under the roof sm 200.000 on the pitch and on the concourse :)

     

    EDIT. I've jst thought, get a points system in place that rewards people who buy official year on year giving them first option on tickets for the next year or let us make a deposit on a ticket for the next year. That would be a good way to repay the real fans.

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  6. Just let you're customers talk and treat us like adults. No doubt someone will argue against free speech it being the internet and all but come on, threads are getting locked for absolutely nothing. Its no excuse to say "im locking this thread because weve had coversations like this before" if you didn't censor us all there wouldn't be repeated threads.

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  7. Basically that means that prices across the board will go up, can't be helped and is understandable really. Has to be kept in check though as not to price out all but the well off. I think the best thing about the changes this year is the variation, big guests yes but also plenty of genres and tastes covered, needs to be kept that way. Also in future years this show might sell out in days if not hours so mabye some kind of system rewarding customers who come back year after year say a deposit of £10 for next years ticket that could be held for a short window to protect against the inevitable scalpers that will be attracted.

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