Quote Originally Posted by Swordsman View Post
From all the stories I heard about the NA Fanfest, it sounds like the event was wayyy oversold. SE didn't really think about how many people could comfortably fit inside the venue and just tried to sell as many tickets as they could. Then they tried to wash their hands of the matter by laying the blame on the venue and its contractors.
That's exactly the feeling we got from being there. Like they sold three times more tickets as they did before, but still planned out the whole event the same way as before. Not enough chairs, telling us we couldn't bring filled water bottles through security ("just fill up your water bottle at the ONE filling station on the other side!"), basically having one member of our party standing in line for food at all times so that we wouldn't have to be in line hungry for an hour when we wanted food. It being 115 degrees outside didn't help, since it meant we basically couldn't go elsewhere for food. The constant reminders to stay hydrated and get plenty to eat felt a bit tone-deaf.