The format of this year's show is going to be quite different than at FL shows past.
It's $250 not just for the pass, but that's also the registration and the entire cost (apart from hotel) of attendance, is it not?
How much would an individual have paid to simply register in previous years? And thus was it that different costwise?

If they're charging $250 to attend the event, register, get access to the floor, and that's what I'm paying to support the event that brings fellow businessmen and women in the industry from around the world to the same place so that I can meet with them and get way more than $250 worth of business done, it's an easy decision to pay the $250 far as I'm concerned.