Alrighty, now that we've just lopped off a page out of here, I'll cut part of my prior post and stick it in here:
My question for people attending: What's more important to you - proximity to the event, or finding more affordable accomodations? I can tolerate about $100 a night, and don't mind walking several blocks to get to the convention if I have to. If it means I'll be saving several hundred bucks that I can spend IN the convention or at night hanging out with friends, then that's cool! But I'm not really excited at the prospect of dropping several hundred a night, just so I can walk down my hotel hallway directly into the convention center. I'm lazy, but not that lazy...
So wow much are you willing to spend, and/or how far are you willing to walk or drive to get there?