Exotic dancers are more popular than Luke Skywalker, that according to a survey for the most popular conventions in the country. I talked to Lizzy Cordovea who is the organizer for one of the biggest Exotic Dancer conventions in the country.

VL: Wow! Bigger than Luke Skywalker! You must be proud

LC: Ha! Yeah I was shocked. I figured that we had no chance of beating the nerds, but I forgot that we have a lot of nerdy fans too (laughs).

VL: Your conventions average four hundred thousand fans a weekend. With your $20 entrance fee, that is 8 million dollars a weekend. Why didn’t I think of this!

LC: Yeah but we started out very small, and it has gotten bigger and bigger each year.

VL: How did you take this from a VFW hall to a huge convention center?

LC: Social media has really taken us to the next level. Each of the Exotic Dancers has their own followers, so getting all of their thousands of followers in the same place has made this thing huge! Also we are by far the best convention around! Our people actually come back. We provide an experience like no other!

VL: I have talked to a lot of the performers, and they seem to really enjoy your convention. What do you do differently?

LC: Well you mentioned how much money we made earlier in the interview. We believe that putting money back into our conventions is what will make them successful in the future. We pay all of the Exotic dancers a large fee just for coming that they get on top of whatever merchandise they sell. Other conventions don’t give them that money up from. A lot of them actually charge people to set up their tables. We would rather pay more money and have the best here than have a second rate convention. It is an investment the way we look at it. We want the performers, and the guests to leave wanting more! We also provide free meals and lots of special V.I.P events. We have really created the convention that we always wanted to go to.

VL: You guys have Exotic Dancers dancing for the entire weekend. Explain how that adds to the popularity!

LC: Well we have a full blown strip club at our convention. That completely separates us from all of the other conventions. Some guys just hang out there all day. And since we have the best Exotic Dancers in the country, we have the ladies rotate as feature performers. It’s like taking all of the traveling exotic dancers and having them in one place! It is also a good break in the action. Sitting at a table for eight hours taking pictures and signing autographs gets very boring, so it gives them a good chance to break it up.

VL: I must say that this is the best convention that I have ever been to. I wish you nothing but success in the future.