That is a tempting idea, but I'm on the east coast, so I really can't handle the cost of a ticket plus airfare there and back, even if I got reimbursed a little

That is a tempting idea, but I'm on the east coast, so I really can't handle the cost of a ticket plus airfare there and back, even if I got reimbursed a little by the swag. I'll probably just end up taking a few days off and watching the live streams like the rest of the world.