hotspotbloc's Journal: Could "What the Hack" make it in the US?

Backround:
- http://wiki.whatthehack.org/index.php/Main_Page
- Schedule for day: 1, 2, 3 and 4 (last year)
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/whatthehack/show/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_The_Hack

So the question is could something like it work in the US? My first guess would somewhere in the North East at some campgrounds. What lectures and vendors would you have? I'm thinking keeping the admission price limited to camping cost with vendor fees going to pay stipends/travel costs. No registration other than general that would include camping. Also regulated food prices (nothing like seeing a $5 bottle of water to ruin one's day).

Any thoughts? Personally I'm tired of trade shows staffed by one company marketing rep and a bunch of temps and want something different.