Quote Originally Posted by Julio
It all depends where the event is beeing held. If its an outdoor show and the property where the show is beeing done is free then yeah, the show promoter woudnt care about spectators.
But shows like HIN, NOPI NATS.. they care as much as for the specatators then anything else... Maybe more for spectators then anything else. Thats where the real money is.

For example:
HIN this weekend $25.00 for spectators lets say there was 10k people there all day.. yeah, you do the math.

You forgot to mention...

The return on investment for sponsors and exhibitors in terms of marketing impressions made on consumers as well as the potential sales that follow from the spectators.