Quote Originally Posted by 313WX View Post
Plus, even if Oakland County had the necessary space to host these conventions [[which they don't and never will), who would want to travel out of their way just to see more bland suburbia?
How cool the city they are in may factor in, but it's an incredibly minor footnote in the grand scheme of figuring out where to host. Most people who attend conventions never leave the hotel, if it's a single convention site. If they do, 90% of the time it's to go out to eat somewhere.

Most people who attend professional conventions are there to attend the convention, not to go out and take in the sights.

This is my experience from attending a dozen or so conventions, and helping to run about a half dozen.