Strong ISC West 2019 For Manufacturers But Concerns For 2020 March Move

I feel it is a bad idea to move ISC west to March.
Between basketball and spring break, lodging will be higher... if it is available.

As for the show schedule, I agree with Tuesday through Thursday. If the vendors would commit to staying throughout the third day instead of packing up early it would help.

At least with it being during march madness next year I will have a good excuse not to go next year.

For Americans, the next large show is ASIS GSX 2020, though attendance and exhibitors are significantly smaller and the 2020 show floor is smaller right now that 2019's:

Aren't you a year off? ASIS GSX 2019 hasn't happened yet.

[IPVM Update: thanks and fixed.]

Agree about interfering with Spring Break, and not because of the increased demand in Vegas, but potentially taking away time from my family.  My family comes first, full stop.

Coming from someone that just attended my 21st ISC West I recall previous shows during NCAA March Madness, St. Patricks Day and numerous Spring Breaks which seem these days to start anywhere from Early-March to Mid April. I have no issues with the upcoming date announcement and doubt that it will severely impact those who regularly attend.   

I definitely can see how this would be unappealing to manufacturer sales people.  On the flip side of that there may be more integrators that attend.  For example of the 10 people we had going 4 of them had to pull out due to the bid season.  This ratio has happened every year.

Of the end users I know that attended the time frame should have no impact.

Would it be better for all if ISC was in May or January/February?

ISC West has always been a top show and conference for me, but for me it's often been too close to Passover. That can be in late March or April. That doesn't affect a lot of us, but I did not go again this year.