Originally Posted by jact

I may be completely off base here, but it sounds like they've either setup or there's already a pre-existing bar inside the "hub" area that they have dubbed the "circle bar". A convention floor by any other name is still a convention floor, putting a bar in the middle of it doesn't change its spots.

I think it's sectioned off from the public, and bar prices are probably through the roof. At least at the real circle bar you could toss a quarter in a slot machine and get a free drink outta it