Overland Expo West, 2014
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somewhereinursa
New member
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dcoy
Adventurer
Overland Expo Jumping The Shark?
Another fun Expo this year. More than enough different things to do to suit anyone's fancies, IMO.
My concern is that the addition of Overland Expo East will dilute the experience at both Expos. How many vendors and others will opt out of one or the other? Is OE getting too big for its britches? Visions of global domination (that ultimately fall flat)?
Another fun Expo this year. More than enough different things to do to suit anyone's fancies, IMO.
My concern is that the addition of Overland Expo East will dilute the experience at both Expos. How many vendors and others will opt out of one or the other? Is OE getting too big for its britches? Visions of global domination (that ultimately fall flat)?
So those of us on the east coast who can't make it out there should be ignored?
pugslyyy
Expedition Vehicle Engineer Guy
I think that the east expo will have a fairly different crowd (weekend campers, etc) because you just don't have the big open spaces out East. But still lots of people that love to get out and enjoy the overland experience, just maybe in smaller chunks.
Give it a few years to settle in and it could do very well IMHO.
goodtimes
Expedition Poseur
I talked with Roseann & Jonathan about the 2nd event a while back. Based on what they shared with me I don't think that "dilution" is a concern. The East show will compliment the West, rather than simply replicate it.
dcoy
Adventurer
One would hope so. But if one looks at any business model (restaurants, TV shows, etc), once something becomes a franchise, the end result is something more generic than what one starts with.
justcuz
Explorer
People in the east still enjoy exploring and camping. The overlanding opportunities are not as plentiful as the west and the crowd may be slightly different altogether. I don't see 2 venues separated by 6 months time on opposite sides of the continental US as a serious dilution of the concept. It's more like sharing the experience with folks who may never see the west side of the Mississippi.
Howski
Well-known member
I'm not sure you understand that there is a completely different group of potential attendees and vendors on the east coast. There's bound to be some crossover but I'd venture to say 75% of the attendees and vendors will be unique to the east coast event
Ramjet
Explorer
True, because McDonalds, Burger King, etc, etc have a horrible time making it. Also, those dang CSI shows don't have any viewers as well.
dcoy
Adventurer
That doesn't mean they have any soul. I would like to think that we should do all we can to keep OE, which currently has a Mom and Pop (i.e. the Hansons) flavor, from becoming something more like SEMA. That, I assume, was the goal in having it at somewhat out of the way venues, as opposed to the LA Convention Center, or the like. If you want to mass market "Overlanding" and make as much money as possible, I guess you could go in that direction.
kidding of course