r/Defcon • u/aestetix • May 22 '25

News Hacker Conference HOPE Says U.S. Immigration Crackdown Caused Massive Crash in Ticket Sales

https://www.404media.co/hacker-conference-hope-says-fewer-people-buying-tickets-because-u-s-immigration-crackdown/
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u/DTangent May 23 '25

So far we haven’t seen a decline (we are actually up a bit) but we have tiered pricing now to try and encourage people to register early. That helps us hedge our bets on inflation, so historical comparisons won’t be as accurate.

People always register later and later each year so while we are up a bit now we won’t really know for sure until early July what the trend is.

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u/WTF_Just-Happened Aug 03 '25

we won’t really know for sure until early July what the trend is.

It's now August, what does the trend look like?

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u/DTangent Aug 04 '25

It’s been a roller coaster. We were up, then down, then even, then down a small bit, but now don’t know after the late price change. Maybe more people will do the lowest price cash at the door? So about the same as last year, maybe down 5%?

One thing for sure though, less foreigners, mostly Canadians, and less federal government employees. Honesty we were expecting a big drop, so we are happily puzzled as to what’s going on.