by Ed Viper » 08 Mar 2013 19:54
The Riviera was the hotel that the con organizers were supposed to have housed the VIPs in, as well as the owners of the con venue. Once they found they had no money, they shut the con down early and hunted down the people whose rooms weren't paid and demanded the payment from them.
I heard that they confiscated some of the merchandise that the vendors were selling; they mentioned one in particular in the video, but I don't remember his/her name. The Riviera is also purported to have caused some sort of emotional distress to the patrons, though it's debatable whether or not it was intended to come off in that manner.
They talked a bit about how the brony media guys (EFN, Celestia Radio, EQD, etc.) held a donation drive to help pay for the show staff's rooms, and once the Riviera got wind of it, they demanded that the money be funneled to them as opposed to the VAs' agents and what have you.
It seems like it was just a big real shitty ordeal and I'm sorry for whoever attended.
They talked about some sort of VIP dinner they had which the show staff attended that was also not paid for. Also, apparently Tara is a vegetarian, and the only vegetarian dish that was available was eggplant, which she's allergic to. They couldn't even get that right.
So yeah, it was a big whole mess blah blah blah, that's all there really is to say on the matter.
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