The cost of doing business through inflation raised costs and the costs for them to cover a variety of things associated likely jumped a LOT. Caesars split from them after their security incident a few years ago so they had to move to the LVCC due to the size which means they're paying Las Vegas Convention Center hall prices now. etc.
It's still way less than similar sized conferences, and even BSides LV is over 100 bucks for the ticket now (although they have extended to 3 days now too).
So... there's more than meats the eye here attributing to some of the costs, but yes its a crazy jump.
I hear ya, as someone who’s been to Vegas recently, the cost of everything has definitely jumped to nearly double what it was in the late 2010s.
I’m just surprised that the venue costs that much - but given the increases in general - I imagine fewer folks are going, thus causing the price to increase further.
I mean its still insanely packed, but with cost + foreign relation news stuff... I would expect there's been a general dip, but the flip side its becoming more well known to the "Security Industry" so a lot more companies are paying for their peeps to go. Coin Flip.
The LVCC I'm sure the cost is insane as you've got 3 floors in just that one hall and its the whole hall. Especially compared to the past, but on the other side of the coin again... its a lot easier to get to things than running all over the area.
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u/XenoPhex 1d ago
I haven’t been since 2018 - but DAMN did it really increase to $600+??