Check your AP reservations

[Kai]

Potential for vertical monopoly (or at least multi-market monopoly) abuse as people are encouraged to sleep there, buy food there, and booze there. (Three basic needs? Oh wait, I forgot clothing-- or did I? heh)

Some might suggest price fixing, but competing hotels raise prices partly as a result of notification... blocks of rooms at other hotels are held by DefCon organizers for DefCon, thus giving them notice of the convention as well.

As for prices, July and August are two HUGE months (historically) for tourism as people arrange for their summer vacations. This is also a contribubting factor. Price increases were also common during COMDEX at its height-- when finding a free room in Las Vegas was generally difficult and expensive.

True. One reason I try to take my vacations between Thanksgiving and Xmas. Lot less people traveling.

[hackajar]

So out of curiosity, what other cons are held at the AP? BH & DC are the only times I go to Vegas anymore, so I don't really know about any of the other cons out there now adays (all though one of these days I'm going to have to make it to one of those adult cons).

Just generic "Con's" like *Shudder* Furry Cons, Box Association of America Con, Vacum Con. etc

[dataworm]

They had a preacher Con once, it got cancelled(moved) I think it was durring Defcon 8 or 9 don't recall...

[Deviant Ollam]

They had a preacher Con once, it got cancelled(moved) I think it was durring Defcon 8 or 9 don't recall...

heh... how many people here were at ShmooCon in DC? being there at the same time as GodCon or whatever it was called made for some interesting moments. i remember a night after leaving HighWiz's room that i and a couple ladies were standing by an elevator, lecturing to (pleasantly curious) evangelicals about the benefits of vulnerability exploration and open disclosure.

[astcell]

Yup, I remember the preacher and flock at DC8, I was as surprised as they were. I hope they found a good place for their needs.

[alklloyd]

I believe ApacheCon is held at the AP.

Al

[TheCotMan]

So out of curiosity, what other cons are held at the AP?

AP reservations lists two
SPAA 2005 ACM ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures (SPAA 2005)
CES 2006 (Site busted-- must be hackers. ;-) google cache

Star Trek's 35th Anniversary Convention: Slanted Fedora's first convention in Las Vegas was held at the Alexis Park Hotel.

apachecon us 2002 and then again apachecon us 2004

Gospel Music Workshop of America used the Zeus Ballroom of the Alexis Park for exhibits.

find more with google :-)

[Thorn]

heh... how many people here were at ShmooCon in DC? being there at the same time as GodCon or whatever it was called made for some interesting moments. i remember a night after leaving HighWiz's room that i and a couple ladies were standing by an elevator, lecturing to (pleasantly curious) evangelicals about the benefits of vulnerability exploration and open disclosure.

My wife got in the elevator Sunday morning at shmoocon, and listened to a bunch of women bitch about how hung over they all were. She was a bit shocked when she realized that they were all equipped with the nunchuck-sized wooden crosses around their necks and their nametags all started with "Sister".

[Voltage Spike]

My wife got in the elevator Sunday morning at shmoocon, and listened to a bunch of women bitch about how hung over they all were. She was a bit shocked when she realized that they were all equipped with the nunchuck-sized wooden crosses around their necks and their nametags all started with "Sister".

Just what did you think "holy water" was?

[dataworm]

heh... how many people here were at ShmooCon in DC? being there at the same time as GodCon or whatever it was called made for some interesting moments. i remember a night after leaving HighWiz's room that i and a couple ladies were standing by an elevator, lecturing to (pleasantly curious) evangelicals about the benefits of vulnerability exploration and open disclosure.

yea but ShmooCon and Defcon is something very different...

[dataworm]

Just what did you think "holy water" was?

Dude you need some religion class... The blood of the Christ is represented by Wine. And they all a bunch of Blood Sucker...

[noid]

I still think LayerOne has DC beat on this one. Our first year we had to share space with the Nation of Islam. Delightful bunch.

[hackajar]

I believe ApacheCon is held at the AP.

Al

That it is, and they have a good con their too

[John D]

That it is, and they have a good con their too

The con before DC11 at the AP was a convention for girl cheerleaders/dance squad and after DC11 it was a convention for transvestite roman catholics.

[octalpus]

The con before DC11 at the AP was a convention for girl cheerleaders/dance squad and after DC11 it was a convention for transvestite roman catholics.

The cheerleaders were there before dc10 as well. "Are you guys making a movie or something?" - Cheerleader to hackers