Yes, Megaplex was named as such and obfuscated because some of the staff worked at Disney and back then, well, they were skeptical Disney was ready to "try everything". So they wanted to distance its ties with the eccentric nature that furries were known for at the time; from what I've heard.
There was no list on this article of past Seattle-Oregon conventions, it was noted that the Rainfurrest thing was recent history. Conifur did disband a decade ago, leading to Rainfurrest's rise, with different hotel issue it seems (on the side of hotel industry's volatility in Washington during the economic recession it seems).
Yes, Megaplex was named as such and obfuscated because some of the staff worked at Disney and back then, well, they were skeptical Disney was ready to "try everything". So they wanted to distance its ties with the eccentric nature that furries were known for at the time; from what I've heard.
There was no list on this article of past Seattle-Oregon conventions, it was noted that the Rainfurrest thing was recent history. Conifur did disband a decade ago, leading to Rainfurrest's rise, with different hotel issue it seems (on the side of hotel industry's volatility in Washington during the economic recession it seems).