The newly-redesigned ATEI/ICE show layouts were given a mixed reception as the show closed last week.
As exhibitors streamed away from the show, the initial reactions varied between condemnatory to admiration.
It may take some time for views to form more conclusively, but the bottom line would appear to be that the show continues to attract large numbers of machine operators both in the street market and in international casinos.
The dedication of the downstairs at Earls Court into all gaming machines, resulted in complaints from many long-serving supporters of the show who were moved upstairs. The effect, however, was to make for a much less noisy ATEI, but the traffic pattern was definitely adversely affected.
Some of the upstairs-located companies reported perfectly satisfactory results while others were very unhappy. Universally condemned was the ‘curtain’ which separated ATEI from ICE.
