Interesting comments Lee (Noga), about pinching the sponsors. It appears the posts prior to yours were comments made by sponsors about disliking the pinch.
Like AVN, hate AVN, one thing you can say for AVN, their organizational skills are far better than most. Whether you like the Diplomat, hate the Venetian, whatever, things are more professionally put together than most others, from the hotel choices to the show floors. Personally I tend to hate show floors and can't stand having to stay in someone else's idea of a hotel LOL...