We were treated wonderfully by CCBill, as was every other sponsor I spoke with. Responses I heard from attendees of GPF were universally positive.

To try and cast that somehow a majority of sponsors were unhappy with the show, and that is why somebody "coincidentally" scheduled a show in the same timeframe as GPF is completely disingenuous.

The only negative comments I remember anyone making during or after the show was that the hotel was less than fabulous... but it was a first show, so I could definitely forgive that, and the attitude of the hotel staff was nothing less than stellar... the Westin Diplomat should fire its management team and hire the ones from the Best Western Downtown Phoenix.

If sponsors are now claiming they were unhappy, that would be a pretty complete turnaround from what they were saying at the time... and it isn't hard to guess why the change of heart.

I wish people would stand up for what they really believe instead of going with the flow of what they think will benefit them, or being afraid to say what they really think, or support what's best for the entire industry instead of what benefits certain individual companies.