Those crazy San Diego Hotels

Because I like to laugh at those less fortunate.
Well, that's not true. About four years ago I actually booked my San Diego hotel literally about a week before the Con.
So out of curiosity, I checked up some prices.
Hotwire just screamed in pain and told me to go away.
Expedia can get you as close as the Harborview, at $227 for Thursday, $360 for Friday, and $387 for Saturday night. Anf that's still only in shuttle range of the center.
They've got nothing most close ones for the big nights, but the Marriott apparently stashed a few away. They've got some Saturday Nighters available for $295.
I punched up Hotels.com and I think it crashed the system. We're talking big numbers.
It looks like you can hop from hotel to hotel each night, but again, it's about $270-320 a night. Show up for the preview night and stay 'til Sunday, and it's at least $1200. Just for the hotel. Damn.
For referrence, going to Madison Square for this weekend is about $171. And Baltimore? $136 for some of the better ones.