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They've stated the reason: Vegas is the only true 24/7 city in the US.

• Arainach 2y ago
  You can get more things at more hours in NYC than Vegas.
  • shiroiushi 2y ago
    Except hotel rooms. NYC is infamously short on hotel rooms these days, and what few they have are horrifically high-priced. Why can't they just move these conferences out of the US? Dmitry Sklyarov was arrested at one of these Vegas hacker conventions, in case people have forgotten after all these years. There are many other countries where these conferences could be held, and where all this security BS isn't much of a factor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Elcom_Ltd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Elcom_Ltd.
    • luch 2y ago
      there is a shit-ton of hacker cons outside of the US, the most famous one being the CCC (Chaos Computer Club Convention) in Leizpieg/Hamburg, Germany just before new year's eve. You mention Dmitry Sklyarov but more recently Marcus Hutchins (MalwareTech) has been also arrested by the FBI following its appearance at Blackhat or Defcon
  • hyperhopper 2y ago
    Nyc has a hard shutdown at 4am. By law. With most things shutting down at 12/2. Especially post-covid. If you're going to make such a wild statement where the laws are against you any any Google search of hours is against you, you've got to give a much longer and in depth explanation.