On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:45:32 +0000, Rick wrote:

Ever been to Dayton? They run Friday-Sunday. Attendance is about 25% on
Sunday. My guess is everyone is anxious and raring to go Friday, and by
Sunday they are ready to go home and play with their toys.

That's a little different. People take their vacations and go to Dayton.
By Sunday it's time to head home to Phoenix or Minneapolis or Boston so
they can go to work on Monday.

NEARfest is (as Hosstraders largely was) a regional event. People might
drive 100 or 150 miles to go there, but few came from farther away than
that. Typically, relatively few will want to take a vacation day (if they
can even get one) to go there on Friday. Some will do it anyway, and
will join all the retired people and the self-employed people and the
people who don't work M-F 8-5, but all in all it would be a lot better for
everyone if they'd hold it on Saturday and Sunday.