Mindcrack Network is a YouTube network of 18 channels related to Minecraft, with several hundred thousand subscribers for each of the channels. The biggest channels (in terms of subscribers) include EthosLab, VintageBeef, PauseUnpause, and many more.Today Mindcrack announced that their Minecon 2013 Meetup will be a paid event to pay for the space, but the event will be located at a bowling alley about twenty minutes away from the Minecon convention hall. To pay for renting out the entire bowling alley, Mindcrack has set up a crowdfunding page on GoGetFunding (a Kickstarter clone) which you can find at the source link. Mindcrack has already funded 23% of the $40,000 they need. So if you are going to Minecon (or didn't get a ticket), why not donate a couple dollars for this event? If you donate $40 or more, you get a ticket to the event! As a matter of fact, that's the only way to get a ticket :P
Note: Tickets are separate from Minecon tickets. If you buy tickets for the Mindcrack event, you do not get Minecon tickets and vice-versa.
Source: GoGetFunding