Re:Caesars abruptly cancels contract with DEF CON
by p-e-w on Sunday February 04, 2024 @10:56PM
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The simplest explanation is often the correct one. Casinos aren't exactly known for having moral qualms. They are, however, known for caring about their bottom line. They probably analyze every single event they host and then shuffle things around to maximize their expected revenue based on their past experiences with the same type of event.
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Re:Caesars abruptly cancels contract with DEF CON
by metabagel on Monday February 05, 2024 @12:42AM
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Put another way, they got a better offer
Re:Caesars abruptly cancels contract with DEF CON
by Eji1700 on Monday February 05, 2024 @01:51AM
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That’s the weird part. I doubt they’re using the space so this strikes me as “think of the money we’ll save on hours” bean counting
Re:Caesars abruptly cancels contract with DEF CON
by alephnerd on Monday February 05, 2024 @06:32AM
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Companies/Vendors usually host corporate conferences around this time as well.
A large company has probably decided to move a conference to Caesar's during that period, and that got Defcon bumped. Especially because DefCon has become massive, so the RoI has shrunk due to staffing overhead.