IPNC

[Brian_Loring]

ZAP is "lucky" in that they have their event in San Francisco. The area around IPNC can't support unlimited growth - especially when it comes to accomodations. Also, ZAP has hundreds and hundreds of wineries participating, so increasing attendence doesn't mean that each table is going to be overrun. True, IPNC could allow in some more wineries (I'd actually like that), but do you really want to go to another ZAP sized event where you can't possibly get to everyone there - or more likely, can't get to even 10% of the wineries there? Or worse, have 50 people waiting at each table, trying to get a pour?

For me, it's no different from there being a set number of tickets to a ball game. When it's sold out, it's sold out. You can argue over whether it should be first come, first served - lottery - or auction. But limiting the numbers of attendees is nothing new. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]