One of the great things about having a blog around as long as BFD has been (or Callahan’s Cleveland Diary) is that we’ve archived a ton of stuff. Perhaps our public officials have forgotten, but I haven’t. If we set the wayback machine (well, maybe not-so-wayback) to June of 2005, there’s a post and mp3 files of Heywood “Woody” Sanders talking to a group at Artefino:
One of my favorite parts was when Chas Rich asked him about multipliers and Woody called them bullshit. He said most studies assume a 3 day stay, which isn’t based in reality. When was the last time you went to a conference and stayed 3 days? While we’re on it, if you visit a city for a conference, how often to you get out into the city to visit attractions? But I digress. The numbers that proponents of the convention center are tossing around? Cut them by two-thirds. Now we’re getting closer to market reality.
You know, I think I’ll drop Woody an email and ask him what he thinks about this Medical Mart BS.
