Trainfest 2023? - Model Railroader Magazine

Well this is certainly disappointing to hear.  Last November was my first time going and so maybe I just didn't know any better, but the concession food was more or less what I expected it to be: passable (in more ways than one) and somewhat overpriced.  But I didn't care. The lines inside the venue to get into the hall were long at opening time but moved pretty quick.  There was a short wait in the car to get into parking but I didn't experience anything I thought was terribly inconvenient.

The TF site says attendance was over 20,000....?  (It also says it was a "huge success...")

I'm sure the devil is in the details, but I have a hard time seeing how an event with that many attendees would be dropped.  (Could they possibly have lost $ with that kind of attendance..?..)  I'm sure its a gargantuan effort to put it on, and not cheap or easy to deal with the State Fair people.  So maybe there was some behind the scenes grumbling from exhibitors?  I don't know.

Not sure what other venues would be a possibility for the show either.  Off the top of my head I can think of the old MECCA/Convention Center downtown (parking nightmare!), and the Waukesha Expo Center.  I bet if you wrote down the pros and cons of all of these places State Fair Park still comes out on top or maybe just below the Expo Center.  Parking downtown would be an absolute disaster.

Edit: I made a slight revision after realizing I mis-read Dave's earlier post.