Only a short bus ride for me into the city (well about 26min~) just waiting on some more information, namely times and such... Though if I remember rightly, the Convention Centre doesn't open till 10am, but I haven't been there for months, so I could be dead wrong.
Race ya to the hayshed (our (derogatory) name for the Convention Centre
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As for sharing accommodation, I wouldn't recommend that, I snore (apparently)