First Quarter Visitors Off 68% From 2010
The Vancouver Island Conference Centre has seen a sharp decline in visitors this year when compared with the same period for last year. However, centre manager Denise Tacon is optimistic their numbers will exceed last year and says that the months of high demand this year, are not the same as last year, making month to month comparisons difficult.
This June will mark the third year the convention centre has been open and it is still bleeding red ink, costing Nanaimo taxpayers in the order of $1,000,000 per year to make up for the operation deficit.
A delegate-day visitor is described as those who stay at least one night. In 2009 the VICC counted 12,000 delegate-days and in 2010 they saw a modest increase to 13,000. It is hoped this year will exceed that number as well.
Interesting Comparison
3500 Attend Conference At Beban Park
From June 3 - 5 this year about 3500 Jehovah Witnesses will be coming to their district convention being held once again at Beban Park. Last year the convention was held in Cedar due to the renovations at Frank Crane Arena.
Depending on how you do the math, it is supposed that this convention would account for 10,500 delegate-days in the one three day event, being hosted in a long since, paid for city facility.
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