My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Las Pegasus Unicon official statement

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contact@laspegasusunicon.com 2018 What follows are not excuses, but rather explanations for those who want to hear from ones who know We first wish to offer our apologies to those negatively affected by Las Pegasus Unicon. Unicon was started with the best of intentions, an attempt to provide a grand, fun event for the wonderful fandom of Bronies that we have come to know and appreciate. At no point was malice, negativity, or greed a part of our motivation What we were guilty of was naivety. The short version of it all is that we acted upon bad advice from those we thought we had no reason to distrust, and were financially gouged by nearly every institution we dealt with. With any plan you make, allowances are made for the occasional mishap, and our plan was like this. However, we encountered not occasional, but constant negative changes throughout the stages of this convention. So many, that not only did our backups prove ineffective, but we doubt there could have been any effective backups to work, save perhaps a millionaire benefactor. Sadly, we did not have one, nor any sponsors at all for that matter This convention was run out of our own shallow pockets, the only supplementation being the ticket sales Between last minute add-ons by the hotel/convention center employees, (on top of a 5 month swim through their lies and misdirections) equipment rental changes, un-authorized transportation charges, unmentioned union labor costs, and two dozen other unexpected last-week costs, our convention operations budget had been depleted. Now this is not to say that the voice actors and other MLP.FiM cast members had been overlooked. Contrary to some unfounded and untrue statements the celebrities' agents have all received monies from us - both prior to the convention and during. Exactly how much has been received by the agents is impossible to say with certainty. We have records of payments totalling in excess of $40,000 to the various agents. However, an unknown amount of cash was witnessed, on more than one occasion on Sunday, being directly removed by an agent of the stars from our cash box. Additionally, all monies raised by EFN's fundraiser and all autograph sales went uncounted directly to the stars' agents While at no point did we abandon Unicon, at about 2:00 AM Sunday we realized that events had escalated beyond what our experience and staff could manage and thus effective management was transferred from us to EFNW. At this point, we were grateful for the willing assistance from our fellow Bronies and had long since discarded any thought of recouping our personal losses into a goal of giving the best time to the attendees there on Sunday. We did our best to help these more experienced folks salvage the convention, and many crises were averted with their guidance. However, when it came to monies, the hands of the stars' agents were constantly being filled. Whether it be from autographs, auctions, or personally removing T-shirt sale money from the cash box. Due to the chaotic nature of the con at this stage of the game, and a complete and utter refusal of the agents to sign records, an exact ledger of what was received by the agents on Sunday is impossible to produce

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korman

Feb 26, 2013 at 09:46PM EST

Go here to read the whole thing. I could only cap only half of it.

http://laspegasusunicon.com/

Well damn. From what I read on the main site it seems as if they took an indirect swipe at the VA's agents. But really the main culprit seems to be the underhanded staff involved at the riviera hotel with all their last minute hidden fees and misappropriating rental space ALREADY paid for. Regardless whether this mess eventually gets fixed in full or not, I don't think we'll ever be seeing Unicon again. At least not in Los Vegas…

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