Vappy said:
I think they should stick to the 4 Largest U.S. cities, New York, L.A., Chicago, Houston.
Hotel rooms in New York are rediculous, I gurantee people will be sleeping in their cars or not coming at all if Worlds is ever in New York. PUI knows they can't put Worlds in an city that's out of everyone's budget. If only invited players show up, Worlds would lose a huge following and POP would suffer greatly. They have to include as many people as possible and they know it.
LA is fine with me but I'm sure some people would like Worlds to be outside CA eventually.
Chicago is just, no. Grinders finish around 10PM. 10PM. Chicago. Night time. I'm looking into my crystal ball and I'm seeing a "NO." Take it from someone who camped outside NikeTown Chicago, there are a lot sirens and a few too many people walking around. I love the city during the day, I mean its fantastic. But at night, when all of these events are letting out you'll have 100s of people riding the subway, I gurantee you'll get parents pulling their kids out of events to get to the hotel early. My experience on the subway is this: Under the influence of any number of drugs people can actually sleep while standing up, holding on the pole and snoring loud enough wake a bear from hibernation. Enough ragging on Chicago, like I said its a great city. Just not late at night.
Houston is a farse. I hate to say it cause I have family there and I know its a big Pokemon area but Houston is one of the least dense Metropolitan areas in the country. That's my only complaint, not so much about Houston but that its the 4th "Largest" city in the US. 4th most populus, sure but its not a huge city to me. Houston would be a great host so pardon my little pet peeve about population.
Denver would be nice and the DEN is by far one of the top 3 airports in the US no questions asked, with flights coming in from all over the world 24 hours a day. Plus there's a restraunt a block from 16th St. that I'd love to pay another visit to.
Las Vegas would be nice but gambling has already been associated with Pokemon in lawsuits so I don't see this happening. Ever. Plus who knows what will happen to the 10-s when daddy blows the college fund on slots. Not to mention Las Vegas is the black eye of America for some foreigners so it might not be such a good idea to fly people in and introduce them to our country with a city that condones prostitution.
Minneapolis, San Jose (SF is too expensive, like NY), Boston, Portland, Charlotte, Fort Lauderdale and Phoenix would all make great hosts from what I know of those cities. I guess I invision Worlds being at a "2nd tier" city, if you will. Somewhere big but not filled with skyscrapers. San Diego is perfect, Orlando and Seattle were perfect. I'm not saying they should avoid LA or New York but its just a different atmosphere. Anaheim will be fine, I'll keep my job at Southwest Airlines and fly for free so for the time being, I can't complain. :thumb:
