Can you Gatecrash Conventions ?

Let%26#39;s say you see a convention which looks interesting. If you ask nicely, will they let you sit in and take a looksee ?

Or is this totally out of the question ?

Can you Gatecrash Conventions ?

I%26#39;m going to bump this because this a pretty funny question, and I don%26#39;t know the answer...

Can you Gatecrash Conventions ?

No, you won%26#39;t be allowed inside the hall unless you%26#39;re an exhibitor or registered attendee and are wearing your conference badge. Nowadays they scan everyone coming into the exhibit hall to make sure your badge is legit (at least at the shows I%26#39;ve attended in the past few years).

The only exception are shows that are specifically advertised as ';open to the public.';

I don%26#39;t know which one you%26#39;re looking at but we%26#39;ll be in town for the big ICAST show a week from Wednesday (fishing tackle manufacturers). If anything, they%26#39;ve gotten even tighter about entrance to the show; it is for industry members and not the general public. However, most trade shows are very interested in getting anyone from the press into their shows so if you have any publishing credentials at all (even in fields unrelated to the specific industry) you may be able to get a press pass. FWIW.

Im going to ask a dumb question also??

Why would you waste your time doing this after traveling all the way from Perth? What convention would be interesting to you?

Hold on folks ,go easy on the man.We all complain and get bored when the same old questions are asked.

Best buffet/pool-steak-show-hotel etc,can I fit 6 in a room,can I use somebodys else%26#39;s pool ,how much is a cab etc.

At least this is the first time I have seen this question in 2 years and in all your years here Diceman have you ever seen it asked.

So don%26#39;t put people off asking new questions,somebody else probably has the same thoughts.

If I was in Vegas, and a major convention on any of my main Hobbies was on I might spend a couple of hours browsing there while the wife shopped.

I%26#39;m guessing he wants to crash the porn convention....lol

..or maybe CES... =)

Hell I would crash the porn convention if I was sure my wife would never find out..........lol

Capecod i work for a printers could i get in?

not long now up the blades

I can%26#39;t speak to Las Vegas Conventions specifically, but I am a conference planner here in Florida- and we would never let anyone in to any of ours ';for a look-see'; if they ';asked nicely';. Everyone had to be registered and have a badge. However, all the conventions I%26#39;ve worked with offer some sort of ';one day only'; ';non-member'; or ';exhibits only'; registration, that frequently is fairly reasonable- so if you wanted to spend a little money to visit a Convention of interest to you, you could pursue that at their Registration Desk. Of course, if your ';interest'; is in something like adult entertainment, you might find even the ';one day registration'; pretty steep- I wouldn%26#39;t be surprised if they would do that to discourage ';voyeurs.';

We go to CES most years and security is tight. It%26#39;s more so after 9/11. You register or pre-register and make clear your role of buyer, exhibitor, and so on. When you pick up you badge at either the airport or the convention you must show two forms of ID and one must relate to the business you are representing. Security is posted so if you have no badge you can not enter.

First and Low,

One of the porn conventions, complete with awards for best actor, happens during a portion of CES%26#39;s convention dates. I wanted to see a security camera exhibit and in was held away from the convention center at the LV Hilton and was at the Venetian.

I didn%26#39;t know about the ';other'; convention so I wandered around looking for the right hall. I asked directions of a fifty something man in tight tiger print spandex pants.He seemed confused by my questions. I saw a beautiful young woman with not much at all on with a guy in his sixties and then I started to really take notice. I started to feel as if I was in the room exhibit hall and when I recognized Larry, from Hustler mag, in his wheel chair with a buzz of people around him. I turned to the man in the spandex pants and said ';wrong convention';.

My family still laughs about that. I guess it must be easier to get in to some than others!!