They aren't using the /entire/ complex. They rent 'halls'. If you check the convention center, theres also some scrapbooking convention going on at the same time. So while its bigger, they can't use all the space.
Also, something to keep in mind. Last year it took three days to sell 8000 tickets. This year it took a total of ten minutes sale time (Or there abouts) To sell 12000 tickets. Thats a /crazy/ increase in demand in just one years time. Thats probably why it was so not ready for the load on the first day.
Would you really expect such a increase? If your first two didn't indicate it would get so crazy?
As for scalping. You can't really /scalp/ a blizzcon ticket. Its not a physical thing. You have to show up at blizzcon with the credit card to get your ID badge. It really would make scalping /extremely/ difficult.
Also, where did you get anything saying people got 10+ tickets? Tickets were limited to 5 per account/credit card. So they would have had to have had at least two accounts and two credit cards to get it, and managed to get through the whole process /extremely/ quickly.
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Also, something to keep in mind. Last year it took three days to sell 8000 tickets. This year it took a total of ten minutes sale time (Or there abouts) To sell 12000 tickets. Thats a /crazy/ increase in demand in just one years time. Thats probably why it was so not ready for the load on the first day.
Would you really expect such a increase? If your first two didn't indicate it would get so crazy?
As for scalping. You can't really /scalp/ a blizzcon ticket. Its not a physical thing. You have to show up at blizzcon with the credit card to get your ID badge. It really would make scalping /extremely/ difficult.
Also, where did you get anything saying people got 10+ tickets? Tickets were limited to 5 per account/credit card. So they would have had to have had at least two accounts and two credit cards to get it, and managed to get through the whole process /extremely/ quickly.