I'll definitely be there, since I am so close. I just need to worry about getting a Shmoocon ticket.
I'm still considering not even buying a Shmoocon ticket. You can still hang around the hotel, there will just be areas that you can't go into. Unless maybe it's easy to sneak by the checkers. By Sunday maybe the checkers won't even care anymore. I bet other PLA people will loan you a badge for an hour or two to check out some things. Maybe badge holders could even rent their badges to us lower class people who can't afford badges. I'd give someone $20 to run around the con with their badge for an hour.
Same with the hotel rooms. You'll find a floor to sleep on. Do you really want to spend $200/night just to sleep for maybe 8 hours? That's an expensive sleep. Give someone with a room $20 or $40 for a floor for the night. Then use your $180 you saved the next day on booze, swag and hookers.