Rio rooms, Defcon Block=Sold-out. More $$ Rio room avail, for now. Alternatives?

[astcell]

Re: Rio rooms, Defcon Block=Sold-out. More $$ Rio room avail, for now. Alternatives?

Damn that's not a suite, that's rather small! I'm going to have to throw a hissy fit when I get there.

[Bbox]

Re: Rio rooms, Defcon Block=Sold-out. More $$ Rio room avail, for now. Alternatives?

The rooms are pretty goddamn huge, even compared to other "all suites hotels" like Embassy Suites.

Here is a link to 7 pics of what they call the standard suite. Judge the size for yourself. It looks spacious.

http://www.vegascasinoinfo.com/hotel...rio-suite.html

[bascule]

Re: Rio rooms, Defcon Block=Sold-out. More $$ Rio room avail, for now. Alternatives?

I have not yet seen the Rio rooms but since they are suites I wonder how many can sleep there comfortably. Two beds means 2 people or 4 cozy friends. Floor space in suites ought to be plenty, I;'d think the room would smell like ass before it filled up. Then again maybe there is a MAX OCCUPANCY number on the back of the door. Something to check.

I've stayed at the Rio once. The rooms are pretty goddamn huge, even compared to other "all suites hotels" like Embassy Suites. I don't want to toss out a number of people you could cram in one, but if people are content with floor space, let's just say you could accomodate quite a few people.

[astcell]

Re: Rio rooms, Defcon Block=Sold-out. More $$ Rio room avail, for now. Alternatives?

I have not yet seen the Rio rooms but since they are suites I wonder how many can sleep there comfortably. Two beds means 2 people or 4 cozy friends. Floor space in suites ought to be plenty, I;'d think the room would smell like ass before it filled up. Then again maybe there is a MAX OCCUPANCY number on the back of the door. Something to check.

[xor]

Re: rio rooms available at Defcon rate announced by _defcon_ (on twitter)

Chris, as a Motel 6/Knights Inn/NoTellMotel kind of guy, it's kind of high by my standards. :)

Traveling with animals has it's benefits hence why I will never stay in a motel 6 again. My cats would growl at the wet wall in the bathroom, very very creepy.

xor

Yes rates have sky rocketed, glad I booked early.

[Bbox]

Re: Rio rooms, Defcon Block=Sold-out. More $$ Rio room avail, for now. Alternatives?

I called the Rio and it wasn't a matter of not having rooms for Defcon available, it's a matter of not having any rooms except high end suites available.

I guess this is a good thing for the Rio and Defcon relationship. Their reason for wanting us there is to sell rooms so we will spend money in the Rio restaurants and shops (and gamble), Since they are close to sold out, Hopefully Rio Sales is happy because they know Defcon lived up to their responsibility / expectations of getting people into the Rio property.

Hopefully this will help smooth the way with special requests like using the parking lot (if needed for toxic BBQ or que up for Defcon Shoot) and make the facilities team of the hotel a bit more co-operative with the Defcon network staff, vendor staff etc.

[mwerte]

Re: Rio rooms, Defcon Block=Sold-out. More $$ Rio room avail, for now. Alternatives?

Any chance Defcon will ask the Rio for more rooms at the Defcon rate? I believe that's happened in the past...

I called the Rio and it wasn't a matter of not having rooms for Defcon available, it's a matter of not having any rooms except high end suites available.

[[Syntax]]

Re: Rio rooms, Defcon Block=Sold-out. More $$ Rio room avail, for now. Alternatives?

The Palms is semi close as well.. and also Ballys & Paris have a free shuttle back and forth to the Rio, but I believe it stops running at Midnight.

[HighWiz]

Re: Rio rooms, Defcon Block=Sold-out. More $$ Rio room avail, for now. Alternatives?

While still super expensive, there is (As of 2 minutes ago ) a "Limited time 10% special! promotion!" from the Rio on Rooms, for those who want to stay on site...

[bascule]

Re: Rio rooms, Defcon Block=Sold-out. More $$ Rio room avail, for now. Alternatives?

Any chance Defcon will ask the Rio for more rooms at the Defcon rate? I believe that's happened in the past...

[TechnoWeenie]

Re: Rio rooms, Defcon Block=Sold-out. More $$ Rio room avail, for now. Alternatives?

Last year I offered half my room to anyone who needed it, and I got dicked around. Suffice it to say I have never seen anyone go homeless at defcon.

uh.. did you negotiate that up front? I know it is legal in Nevada.. but not in the city limits.

*wink*

TW

[astcell]

Re: Rio rooms, Defcon Block=Sold-out. More $$ Rio room avail, for now. Alternatives?

Last year I offered half my room to anyone who needed it, and I got dicked around. Suffice it to say I have never seen anyone go homeless at defcon.

[nous]

Re: rio rooms available at Defcon rate announced by _defcon_ (on twitter)

The dim sum at Gold Coast is actually some of the best in town. Don't know about the rooms though...

The rooms are clean. The bathrooms are small. Some of the rooms have been renovated, but I'm not sure whether they all have by this point. It's decent. I'd much rather stay at the Rio, but I'm not sure I'd $250/night rather...

Gold Coast is directly next door to Rio, so it's just a walk across the parking lots - call it 10 minutes if you walk slowly or tend to weave.

[ziplock]

Re: rio rooms available at Defcon rate announced by _defcon_ (on twitter)

Apparently the block of rooms for Defcon rates at the Rio has been sold out. The current Defcon rate shown during Rio registration is $399 for Fri/Sat and $99 for Sunday. This doesn't appear to be an error, I got confirmation from people inside Defcon this afternoon.

[falconred]

Re: rio rooms available at Defcon rate announced by _defcon_ (on twitter)

The dim sum at Gold Coast is actually some of the best in town. Don't know about the rooms though...