The limitation isn't really the venue. While the sessions are useful they're made available online and the patterns suggested become common practice pretty quic

The limitation isn't really the venue. While the sessions are useful they're made available online and the patterns suggested become common practice pretty quickly. In my experience the value of WWDC is getting to spend time doing Q+A with Apple engineers, and moving to a bigger venue with more competition for engineers reduces the overall value of the conference rather than increasing it.