$800 to have carpet vacuumed at McCormick Place
Even as Chicago fans are waiting for C2E2 to begin next year at the lakefront McCormick Place, Chicago has been watching more and more trade shows leaving the area for other, more wallet friendly locals like Las Vegas. This morning's Chicago Tribune has an interesting article about how it's getting too expensive for a number of high-profile industry shows and vendors to make the trip to Chicago anymore.
"It's not just the big-ticket items that rankle Maguire, like a $22,000 tab to move one company's equipment from the convention hall's neighboring truck yard to its exhibit booth, and back after the show. That was more than triple the round-trip expense of shipping it from Baltimore. The smaller charges grate as well, from the $800 a night to have the other firm's booth carpet vacuumed and the trash cans emptied, to the $100 a day for a pot of coffee in the booth."
So, for DC, assuming that they have their usual carpeted area and going by these prices, they'll have to pay at least $2,400 just to have their area vacuumed and the trash taken out. Right now, I'll volunteer to do it for a whole set of Green Lantern rings and maybe even a mint copy of John Byrne's Man of Steel #1. I dare DC to find a better offer than that.