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Originally Posted by Robbie
I don't know if things can ever be like they were in the "gold rush" days.
But even back then...once AVN bought out IA2000 and took over the show, they were virtually non-existent with it.
If you didn't know it already, you wouldn't have even realized that AVN was involved with the show at all.
But now? The AVN staff is all over the show. Literally everywhere you turn. And AVN personally sponsors dinners and parties, etc.
In the old days they didn't lift a finger. But since Theo and Panos took over, it's a complete change for the better.
It really feels like a community of people working towards making money.
And even though it's a great business environment...they haven't skimped on the FUN either.
The parties were a blast. Plenty of naked women and booze and late night carousing for the "keith richards" types like myself to enjoy along with lots of daytime straight ahead business meetings.
Perfect mixture of "Work hard, play hard"
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AVN sold the rights to AEE to Home Entertainment Expos a long while back. Even though people kept calling it The AVN Show, it was NOT owned and run by AVN in any way.
That ended with the 2010 show [I think it was 2010, not 2009], when AVN took back all rights of the show and brought it back in house for the actual planning and management. The move to the Hard Rock was the final piece in the puzzle of AVN taking it over completely, and getting those HEE people out of the way.