My recommendation is to save the big bucks and stay at the Youth Hostel in the Gaslamp Quarter. It's a decent, cheap place (like $10 a night or something), and you get to spend more time and cash at the convention. About a $10 walk from the centre. Cheap breakfast at the oriental diner around the corner (don't eat the 'ham' though!). Your travel agent, Ruben. PS: only 12 days 'til we fly to Japan. HUZZAH!