Oh my lord! Anyone who has been to defcon knows its normally a good 10 minute walk to the main entrance or rotunda for the conference from the hallway entrance off the casino. Well the line was out the door into the pool are when I arrive at 7am. 3 hours later i finally got my badge. Walking back, the line was STILL by the pool area! It is said that they are expecting in excess of 20,000 people this year. WOW!
In the photo, in the center is the entrance to the pool. To the right is the entrance to the casino and to tbe left the end of the line. The lower part of the line nearer to the rotunda was 3 lines deep. Up on top here it was 10 people wide all the way past starbucks!
Wow.