Planning NikeTalk Live 2018 - Las Vegas or New York?

[niceshoes247]

Any NorCal folks tryna carpool
Or roll through together???

If it’s only u, park at my house in L.A and I’ll drive the rest of the way big homie .

 

[niceshoes247]

Any NorCal folks tryna carpool
Or roll through together???

 

[nawghtyhare]

If it’s only u, park at my house in L.A and I’ll drive the rest of the way big homie .

Fa sho

 

[Mr.Guy]

Ima have to pull up like Mr.Guy

you pulling up at the local amc?

 

[MakeNTGreatAgain]

Flying out?
Long Beach has flights from $41 each way . I couldn’t get there on $41 of gas in the 5.0

Ill split gas prices with you if you wanna roll together

 

[nawghtyhare]

you pulling up at the local amc?

Legit funny
Repped

 

[Liquid Swords]

Renaldo Balkman and I have some planning to do now

 

[licensed to ball]

I have good news and bad news on that front.

Let's start with the positive: @HellaSteph recently toured a couple of prospective venues in Las Vegas. She identified some very strong candidates that should meet all of our needs. I look forward to sharing more information about our most promising options with everyone here so we can determine which one(s) you like best.

Unfortunately, we won't be able to hit our desired goal of hosting this year's event alongside NBA Summer League. We're all disappointed, but some sudden scheduling conflicts emerged and we couldn't find a day within the summer league range that offered venue availability and worked with the various travel schedules of our staff members and guests.

As a result, we're now looking to host the event in Las Vegas this fall, probably late October. Once we've decided on and booked a venue, we'll announce a date and time ASAP so everyone will have ample opportunity to make travel plans well in advance.

Thanks for the update!
October is fine with me. My birthday month is October and this would be fun to look forward to

Thank you guys for all the efforts in setting it up!

 

[kingfoamnyc]

NYC

With the last one being on the west coast it's only fair to host this one at the Mecca

 

[nawghtyhare]

NYC

With the last one being on the west coast it's only fair to host this one at the Mecca

Mecca of what
West coast > Vegas > Hawaii >>>>> nyc

 

[Renaldo Balkman]

Renaldo Balkman and I have some planning to do now

I tell my wifey you paid for my trip, you tell your wifey I paid for yours... technically we wouldn't be lying

 

[kingfoamnyc]

Mecca of what
West coast > Vegas > Hawaii >>>>> nyc

You nor your pet dog believes this

 

[ninjahood]

U coming?

if its its in NY id cameo.

Vegas? i suppose blank man would be out there so that'd gimme incentive on catching a red eye...

 

[nawghtyhare]

The Afterparty gonna bet LIT!!!

 

[ninjahood]

Lol ain’t you taller then

well yeah, but i wasn't excepting u being close

 

[Guccishades]

well yeah, but i wasn't excepting u being close

I ain’t the Niketalk norm of being four foot tall and weighing 95 pounds

 

[niceshoes247]

I ain’t the Niketalk norm of being four foot tall and weighing 95 pounds

6ft 210lbs

 

[Guccishades]

6ft 210lbs

Same here plus about 70-80 lbs

 

[Mr.Guy]

Same here plus about 70-80 lbs

Damn you’re 290?

 

[Guccishades]

That range, I don’t weigh myself

 

[Mr.Guy]

That range, I don’t weigh myself

What is your waist size ? 44 ?

 

[niceshoes247]

Same here plus about 70-80 lbs

Boss ninja

 

[Guccishades]

What is your waist size ? 44 ?

Around there I don’t wear jeans

 

[Guccishades]

Boss ninja

Big boy

 

[Methodical Management]

Will there be special offers with hotels for the event? If not, I'm crashing on somebody's couch

Possibly. If people are interested in booking 10+ rooms at the same hotel, we can work with the hotel and see if we can get a group rate. Steph's waiting to hear back from at least one hotel on this. When we have more information, we'll let you know.

NYC

With the last one being on the west coast it's only fair to host this one at the Mecca

We want to host an event on the East Coast, and so many of our fellow community members hail from NYC that it's an obvious choice.

Ideally, we'd like to build up to hosting two events per year: one East coast, one West coast. For that to happen, we'd need substantial sponsor support to help us cover the costs.

Our SF event was hosted in Wikia's offices. The only real expense was a couple hundred dollars for catering. Everyone, including Nelson C and Retrokid, paid for their own travel expenses to attend.

Future events will be substantially more expensive. A suitable venue could easily cost a few grand. Generally speaking, a good venue in New York is substantially more expensive than a comparable one in Las Vegas, and the logistics are simpler as well. (Parking, etc.) Travel costs are also generally lower for those guests coming in from out of town.

New York and Las Vegas were pretty evenly matched in all of our polls to this point. It's Las Vegas' turn in 2018, but if all goes well and we build up sponsor support, New York shouldn't have to wait too long.