I've been to tons of conventions all over the US; my organization had their most recent annual conference here last month.\n\nIt is a great facility with tons of space, conference and meeting rooms.  Additionally it was clean, buuuuuut,\n\nMy problems:\n- The building was clearly designed to stifle cellular communications.  Everyone I spoke to was having issues connecting with their wireless devices, regardless of carrier.  This made it impossible to use the app that my organization had purchased to communicate meetings and locations.  It was so bad that I couldn't even send or receive text messages.  And I didn't get my voicemails for the week until I left for the airport. They were more than willing let you pay ridiculous prices for WIFI access.\n- The food was awful.  Now I get it, when you are hosting a convention for 6000+ people, there is an economy of scale.  However, this stuff was so bad I'm not sure my dog would have eaten it.\n- The staff was just rude.  From the brusque impolite way they seated people for meals (someone snapped at me and whistled at someone else!), to the way the staff acted like facists when it came time for snacks.\n- The security did a rotten job of keeping non-attendees out of major events, it happens sometimes, but not the scale that happened at our event.\n- It was hot.  As balls.  I get it, you're in the desert.  We should be happy we are even alive.  But it was just stuffy and warm in almost every session.  \n\nSo yeah, avoid or be prepared before you come.