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Convention Center WIFI for E3?

By Eric Richardson
Published: Wednesday, May 18, 2005, at 02:39PM

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — Via blogging.la I noticed this report on gaming site Joystiq. One thing stuck out to me:

We have arrived. The E3 exhibit floor opens in just 30 minutes, but we

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Nic Cha Kim on May 18, 2005, at 03:48PM – #1

Conventions are notoriously expensive to participate. I remember when I worked a convention in Vegas, it cost $75 just to be allowed to have your own candy dish. You weren't allowed to bring your own candy dish. You had to rent theirs and hire a union laborer to walk it over. And that cost $75.

Conventions are all about business, so it makes sense that they're really trying to squeeze every dollar out of everybody.

While in Vegas a couple weeks ago for the National Association of Broadcasters, I was in the Business Center at Ballys... this gentleman walks needing to fax a document. When asked for $9 ($6 for the first sheet and $3 for the next), he complained about the cost. "Why do you charge so much?," he asked. "It's company policy," replied the employee. "Do you still want it?" The man replied, "I have no choice."

So there you go.

Eric Richardson (@blogdowntown) on May 18, 2005, at 10:09PM – #2

Yeah... I know I remember walking through the convention center and seeing big signs about it being a wifi zone. Perhaps it is that they're just charging an arm and a leg for it, but you'd think in that case the report wouldn't make a big deal of people being huddled in a cafe. -e;