FFXIV Fanfest 2023 North America safety/security/disability support issues discussion

[Tsumdere]

I just returned from Fanfest and I think the Las Vegas Convention Center was supremely unprepared.

The convention hall vendors ran out of food and water. I don't know how. You would think a place of that size wouldn't struggle to provide for a single hall convention.
The convention hall security literally didn't care. We ended up just bringing entire McDonald's bags straight through security. Hell... once we saw how much the security didn't care, we even brought in someone who DIDN'T HAVE A TICKET and they didn't check. This person just showed up to Fanfest for free with no problem.
There was only seating for probably like 30% of the crowd so people were sitting on the ground for Keynote/Live Letter/Cosplay Contest/PvP. There was also no line ropes. These are problems with the LACC I assume.

The SquareEnix staff seemed overwhelmed and understaffed, but I wonder how much of it was the actual convention security throwing in the towel like 2 hours in.

Both SE and LVCC were at fault, but I think the LVCC issues were far, far more egregious. Literally anyone could have brought a gun in if they wanted and LVCC couldn't provide basic amenities like seating and food. The fact that we got in someone with no ticket at all with 0 issues was particularly horrific. Lucky for them we weren't psychopaths and just wanted to watch Primals with a friend who couldn't grab a ticket in time.

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And just to be ultra clear - SE is at fault for not having merch purchasable on the app and not having t-shirts for the battle challenge. They could have had more variety with mini-games or activities. Having another themed lounge like the Radz-at-Han one would have been nice. Just more to kinda spread out the lines.
Everything else was undeniably LVCC's fault.