The first PGI convention in Indiana in over 20 years was a great event.. The 2012 "Fire in the Sky" La Porte, IN convention was successful in many ways. Attendance was up for the members and good crowds came to all the public displays. We had a huge group of the members camping and they reported it was a great site for those who camped.
I was able to have my wife, my parents and some extended family attend the Friday night Grand Public Display which was great fun. They have heard me talk about this for years and now they saw first hand I was not making things up.
An Economic study was done and found that our convention brought 2-3 million dollars of revenue into the La Porte area. Many of the members told of being thanked by local business personnel of how this was really helping them financially because of our presence and patronage.
The mayor and the committee are very eager for us to return and we will work on a potential return to La Porte County Fairgrounds. The Fairgrounds know we need more space and are exploring options on how our footprint can be expanded to give us the necessary distances. Things have changed to the north in the open shooting area with the building of another inhabited building back there.
I really enjoyed working with the folks at the La Porte County Fairgrounds and the local Convention Visitors Bureau. They worked hard to make us welcome and helped on a variety issues that come along with doing a pyrotechnic convention at a new site.
We are tentatively scheduled to return to LaPorte in 2016 so there is time to work on making adjustments and improvements so our return visit is an even better time than 2012.
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