Not only is the Allianz Cup taking place in San Francisco the week after next. "Oracle World" -- a huge annual convention of Oracle Corp staff, partners, suppliers, vendors, you name it -- is on then as well. There's a nice article in today's SF Chronicle about this up-coming mega-event....


Oracle stops traffic with convention
Meredith May, Chronicle Staff Writer
Saturday, October 14, 2006

Not many companies can get permission to shut down part of a city street for eight days for a convention.

Then again, it's hard to top Redwood City database giant Oracle Corp., which is promising to bring 41,000 people and 500 temporary jobs and inject $50 million into the local economy during Oracle OpenWorld 2006 at the Moscone Center Oct. 22-26.

Oracle Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison is a keynote speaker, along with the leaders of Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Cisco Systems and Sun Microsystems.

Oracle-ites have already reserved virtually every hotel room in San Francisco during the week - 65,000 hotel stays -- said Jennifer Petrucione, Mayor Gavin Newsom's spokeswoman. Conventioneers will take over all three wings of the Moscone Center, every downtown hotel ballroom, and the open areas in front of Yerba Buena Gardens and the Metreon. Sir Elton John is flying in to perform for the crowds at the Cow Palace.

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