As far as I know, a new show has been talked about seriously for a couple years now. If there really are 2 shows this year, the vendors and the patrons will quickly demonstrate which show they are going to support and will weed out the competition.

I personally feel Schaumburg is the perfect epicenter for all of this and O'Hare is minutes away.

Is that Looney Tooned?

I have a feeling that Mike is not welcome for just this year. What Rob is probably avoiding is the possible conflict and confrontations that would happen with Mike and his booth that would have negative impact on the show. It's human, people will take sides and create chaos and bad vibes throughout the show.

Look, I have no horse in this race, but Mike P. you need to quit playing the victim here and go quiet for a while. This whole split has to with the fact that Berk got quite tired of being told by vendors and attendees that they were never coming to Expo again because of your behavior and treatment of the very people that made up this show. You brought quite a bit good to the show over the years, but your personal conflicts began to outweigh the good.

Coming here and playing the "I got tricked" is also pretty poor as you both had lawyers involved. It shows poor business ethic on your behalf. It's your job to keep informed, not someone else to do it for you.

I feel bad the Expo is now in such chaos, but BIG change were needed.