[RawAlex]

I didn't go last year, I had a feeling it might turn into a cluster fuck. If AVN wants to keep the event having value, then they need to control access properly - see Miami, which actually has benefitted greatly from the hotel takeover concept.

One thing for sure, AVN (and any show producer for that matter) has to do things in a way that provide value for money. Basically, if you are going to pay $X to get there, $Y for hotel and meals, and $Z for a show badge, then the show has to end up being at least $XYZ worth of value or people won't go.

In the end, "socials" tend to do better for a whole bunch of reasons. The biggest is that many people will accept the social events as a sort of vacation, a not consider the true costs of being there. They also tend to be easier for the various programs and companies to pull off, because they don't have to plan the logistics of getting anything more than people and business cards to a given location.