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Originally Posted by TheFly
It doesn't take more than a quick Google search for Las Vegas Convention Schedules to see that the June-July time period is the nut low for major conventions, like the kind that have 25,000 or even 50,000 attendees. It's even the slowest time of the year for smaller "one-room" type of Association meetings as well. Why do you think CET is so happy to host the WSOP in the hot Summer doldrums? It's not because of "tradition", it's a calendar decision.
All of this.
The whole "WSOP moving to Caesars" thing came up a long time ago, and I wrote up a long-winded post (shocking) over at PokerRoad. The summer convention schedule came up then, too.
Additionally, I looked up the floor plans for the various banquet halls and ballrooms at Caesars to see if it had a similar footprint as Rio. It did. (Note: this was before the Pavilion existed, when the Amazon Room was the largest space.) So as of 2010, Caesars could handle the number of players, plus its playing areas were more centrally located.
Of course, the one thing Caesars could not accommodate as well as Rio was parking. I would imagine this would remain a huge issue, even with the new venue in place.