Def Con 14 Location Discussion

[renderman]

Anyhow.. While looking around I found this VR view of a convention room there.

VR View of a Convention Room at Riviera

Looks a bit small, but that does appear to be an airwall on the right, might make it big enough for a small talk, but I hope there's something bigger.

Im wondering if the hotel will adapt to the con, or the con will adapt to the hotel.

And that's the $64K question. I hope that things are mutual and that both sides cut slack

[[Syntax]]

yeah the convention floor is divided up with those false walls they showed that on the previous post of the convention floor..

[kruptos]

Dates for Defcon?

Hey all I see alot of great discussion about the place, but have dates been released yet for DefCon 14? I am thinking of reserving a time share and need to try to reserve it as far out as I can :-)

Thanks for any info!

[allentrace]

Dates for Defcon?

Hey all I see alot of great discussion about the place, but have dates been released yet for DefCon 14? I am thinking of reserving a time share and need to try to reserve it as far out as I can :-)

Thanks for any info!

You know this could be stretching things a bit but I imagine DC14 will be somewhere in early August maybe within the span of 3 days, that is if it is not cancelled which has been known to happen.

[DisneyFreak96]

damn. That convention room VR reminds me of the Marriot in Ventura. Now that was a hell hole of an experience.

[kruptos]

OK I found it on one of the pages. It is scheduled between August 1 - 3 in Las Vegas.

I hope they dont cancel it I am gonna set up my time share for that week :-)

Thanks!!

[TheCotMan]

OK I found it on one of the pages. It is scheduled between August 1 - 3 in Las Vegas.

I hope they dont cancel it I am gonna set up my time share for that week :-)

Thanks!!

Hm. I do not think you have the right dates. Aug 1-3, 2006 is Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
2006:

        July                 August              
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 
                   1         1  2  3  4  5
 2  3  4  5  6  7  8   6  7  8  9 10 11 12
 9 10 11 12 13 14 15  13 14 15 16 17 18 19
16 17 18 19 20 21 22  20 21 22 23 24 25 26
23 24 25 26 27 28 29  27 28 29 30 31
30 31

It is more likely to be July 28, 29, 30, but this is just an educated guess, not an informed one.
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Looks like I am wrong. See the post below with a link to the published date.

[Denny2000]

OK I found it on one of the pages. It is scheduled between August 1 - 3 in Las Vegas.

Defcon 14 is August 4-6.
Here is the link
Unless it isn't cancelled already.

[big chopper]

I was looking at Expedia to compare the room rates at AP post DEFCON. Looks like they'll miss us.

DEFCON 13 Rates
$139.00 $139.00 $139.00

Proposed rates for same room during DEFCON 14 (but wiithout DEFCON)
$102.00 $102.00 $71.00

Assuming they sell out all 500 rooms--which was a lock with DEFCON--the difference is $71,000.00. Since the Expedia rates include a commission, the true difference is more than that.

PLUS, we drank like fish,
--BC,

[Mata Hari]

Syntax-

My apologies. I must not have been very clear as to what I meant to say. Riviera doesnt have many children(or maybe it does, but I havent seen many of them when I went there, with the possible exception of the arcade right next to the food court), but Circus Circus does, and I was actually referring to Circus Circus- especially near the Adventure Dome...

Binions for $25? When was that?!?! Binions isnt that bad, compared to some other very shady hotels around downtown.

[big chopper]

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Binions for $25? When was that?!?! Binions isnt that bad, compared to some other very shady hotels around downtown.

During the summer, it's easy to find a midweek downtown room for under $30/night. And unlike AP, The Riviera is an easy bus ride from downtown. Just take a 301 or 302 (express).

BTW: The downtown hotels on or just off Fremont are just fine, however, you might stay clear of :
The Western (don't stay there),
The El Cortez (nice in the daytime), or
The Gold Spike (a heck of a lot of fun and my home for DEFCON 10)

--BC,

[alklloyd]

BTW: The downtown hotels on or just off Fremont are just fine, however, you might stay clear of :
The Western (don't stay there),
The El Cortez (nice in the daytime), or
The Gold Spike (a heck of a lot of fun and my home for DEFCON 10)

--BC,

Umm, why are you saying to stay clear of a hotel you liked?
Just curious,

Al

[Voltage Spike]

Umm, why are you saying to stay clear of a hotel you liked?

Because big chopper obviously wants the opportunity to escape us "Defcon types" while sleeping.

[alklloyd]

You know this could be stretching things a bit but I imagine DC14 will be somewhere in early August maybe within the span of 3 days, that is if it is not cancelled which has been known to happen.

Wow...how did you figure that out? You must be psychic. BTW, I agree with Dropkick Murphys, Queen, and Misfits...although that last tour felt like a good Misfits cover band...

Al

[allentrace]

Wow...how did you figure that out? You must be psychic. BTW, I agree with Dropkick Murphys, Queen, and Misfits...although that last tour felt like a good Misfits cover band...

Al

I completely agree except for the dates that danzig played with them although I did not get to see them then. I almost went up for the save CGBG Misfit concert in August but I just could not let myself blow a bunch of cash for it. Heh Agent of Orange, R.E.M. has a good song about that, now if I could only remember who else sang about Agent Orange (obviously besides Agent Orange the band) ...I guess I could use wikipedia to find out but that would take the fun out of it. This is gonna bug me all night.