I think you picked the one avenue where people are wary of the person putting on the event because you are gonna be tripping and need to be in a reasonably safe environment, you will get your hearing destroyed in only a few hours by some idiots who think that turning it up to 11 makes for a better show, and raving is a community of regulars that have collective memory for bad reputation.

It's funny because what you're describing with the warehouse is "the afters" which unbeknownst to someone who isn't a regular has already established a reputation and been vetted by the community because they're all word of mouth.

Wait.. just to be clear are you saying you could get in without owning one?

I heard for years the "benefit you don't understand" is the exclusive club access. Exclusive nightclubs were a specific use case I kept seeing argued. If anyone can walk in it's not that exclusive. Heck people might just be a raver that doesn't care about crypto but showed up to dance.

It seems like the club night/party was open to people who bought tickets for the "Open House" event they ran that day, for about $50 US - https://www.artazine.com/news/apefest-2023-nft-bored-ape-yac...

Hard to be sure though.