“Turned into?”

I accidentally bumped into a random guy there before the con started, and we ended up chatting and he bought me a beer. I saw him there the next morning. And that evening. And at 2AM. Almost every time I walked past, the same guy was in the same seat, enthusiastically laughing and drinking with his buddies.

Dios mio, amigo.

A bomb threat last year? Hmmm, I wonder why Caesars chose not to renew the contract.

Unrelated to DEFCON, Caesars (and MGM) also got hit with ransomware.

I'm sure their insurers might not be too happy about them hosting hacker conventions these days.

They didn't choose to not renew a contract, they broke an existing contract. Big difference.

Yeah, I think those things are more likely to be the issue. Tech people tend not to be shy with racking up huge bar tabs.