Unfortunately we have learned that due to corporate end of fiscal years being July 31 makes it very difficult to get sponsorships for an August event. We also have to remember, that while 150 people is a big lan for central PA, we are still very small on the grand scale of things.
In doing research of other lans, our sponsored prizes are expectional compared to similar sized lans! We have tried very hard to get sponsorships, and probably have contacted 500+ companies. Half of which respond with the message that our expected attendees is too small for them to sponsor.
At this point, we have to take what we can get. As we grow, so will the sponsorship list.
As for the advertising. We used to put out flyers all of the time... but I dont think we got a single person coming to the event who saw us via that. 50 days is a lot of time to fill up this lan. For our last 100 ML in February. We filled up 50 seats in less than a month.
We will be just fine
