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PAX East 2011 Hotel Discussion Thread and Poll
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I'm at the Radisson from Thursday (today... arrive at 4pm local time) until Monday.
I'm Scottish and will be cutting about in my kilt no doubt!
boston does have quite a few hotels, i don't think that's really the issue. there is a HUGE number of people coming to pax, and many of them want to stay in one particular hotel (westin, obviously). and yeah, the expensive factor in new york would basically cancel out any other benefits.
not trying to hate on new york, just saying. this is hardly boston's fault.
"I don't know, I didn't listen."
I haven't gotten one myself, I'm calling shortly though to make sure I'm set to check in tonight.
the problem with this is that the bcec is the only convention center in boston large enough to contain us, and the westin just happens to be adjacent to the center. pax could, hypothetically, not include the westin in its discount thing, but that would really only hurt the many many people who would probably still book the westin anyway for the convenience factor. i think the real thing to hope for is that the westin (or onpeak) will learn from this experience and not overbook so heavily next year.
Intercontinental here too, as for the partiers i'd guess they're spread between the Pre PAX dinner, the Poke-crawl and the Pre PAX gaming night. and of course there is bound to be a few impromptu get togethers.
Hey, I'm also staying in the Radisson with 3 friends. Let me know if you guys want to game or whatever!