Anyone going to ICSC next week? Seems like a different vibe now
Seems like attendance is going to be a lot lower this year and big owners and brokerages don't seem to be in attendance like in years past.  Also seems like a lot fewer retailers there too.  Might be due to the change in focus to Innovating Commerce Serving Communities from the International Council of Shopping Centers.
[{"id": "hmzaanr", "text": "I\u2019ll be there with my partners. It\u2019ll be much smaller,  but I\u2019m really glad that we are getting back into the swing of things.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hmzdief", "text": "Everybody in my office is going", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hmze36h", "text": "I\u2019ll be in town for another (non-CRE) event. Will not be attending ICSC", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hmzka2n", "text": "Think it's tough time to sandwich in a vegas conference during holiday season. My shop is skipping this one but may be back on board come May.", "replies": [{"id": "hmzny7h", "text": "My understanding is this conference replaces the traditional ReCon conference in May.  Nothing in their schedule is showing a May conference.  You raise a good point about the time of year that I didn't think about until now.", "replies": [{"id": "hn04vei", "text": "I think that\u2019s intentional - from talking to a lot of the other people we deal with a lot are skipping this one and they\u2019ve gone as far as offering discounts to the retailers to attend.  Pretty sure they won\u2019t put the may one on the calendar until after this one", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hmzmhh0", "text": "While ICSC is a great place to meet people, I am staying away from large conventions like this until Covid declines a bit more. Had a group of colleagues go to a separate event in Austin a couple months back...7 people got covid, 5 of them were vaxxed. No thanks...", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hn04lav", "text": "A lot of it has to do with timing - our entire team is not going this year since ICSC is still planning to have thier big event in May in Vegas", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hn09djg", "text": "We only have one person going from our office. I canceled. I plan to go in May assuming no major change in the Covid situation.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]