Will there be a band playing in the main bar any evening of the convention this year? If so, do we know what evening? I love live music (especially when drinking) as much as anyone, but last year it made the open gaming area immediately upstairs very loud and almost unusable. I want to avoid starting an evening pick-up game there if we'll all end yelling over the music an hour into the game. Also, if that's not opening gaming space this year and someone has a game scheduled there while the band is playing below, it will be a disaster. If this has been addressed elsewhere already, I apologize for dredging it back up.
It came up last year, which I presume you recall: http://garycon.com/community/index.php?threads/gaming-areas-too-loud.1577/ But I haven't heard anything about it this time around.
Given that we have more of the place now (at least I think we do, I haven't looked at the room for this year compared to last year), is that upstairs area still the only open gaming area?
Except Dan the Bard. I'd love him to have a couple sets in the bar. He isn't loud and obnoxious ... usually.