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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DaveStebbins" data-source="post: 3340369" data-attributes="member: 1427">You can register for non-game events (seminars, etc.) when event registration begins in May, but my experience is that there have always been open seats for seminars. As long as the registration for the given event is free, I am not sure I'd bother. Then again, if no one registers, they may cancel the event, so it doesn't hurt, either.As for hotels, I'm not sure you'll get a better price from a one-stop type website. Hotel registration using the GenCon discount started today and, while I was waiting for the server overload problems to work out, I found prices significantly higher if booking directly than booking through GenCon. Doubel doubles (there will be four of us in the suite I ended up booking) run from about $140 a night to $180 or more when booking within the blocks of rooms GenCon has reserved. Through individual hotel websites, the same rooms ranged from $230 to over $300 per night. Maybe the one-stop websites can do better than that, but I'm not sure they can do as well as using the reservation link you get with your badge confirmation e-mail. Note that the prices quoted don't include the 15% hotel tax in Indy.As you would expect, if you don't want to be within easy summer walking distance of the Convention Center, better rates can be found.</blockquote>