>> The number of cities with a hotel that can provide 1200 reasonably >> priced rooms and the meeting rooms we need is not large. >> >> Unless we want to alternate between Orlando and Las Vegas, we're going >> to have to stay in multiple hotels. > >Fosdem handles 5000 in brussels. > >https://fosdem.org/2017/ According to its web site, it's not in a hotel and it does not arrange for anywhere for attendees to stay. I don't understand how this is relevant. https://fosdem.org/2017/practical/accommodation/ R's, John PS: In its heyday Comdex had 100,000 attendees but they didn't all stay in one hotel, either.