Indeed. CCC is a "hacker" conference, blackhat (despite its name) is much more corporate [i have not attended either]

That, I'd love to attend, and it's even a price the boss would go for. Sadly, it's the travel part that I can never get funded.

That's the other aspect - a thousand dollar ticket isn't that large a part of the price if you also have to fly everyone in and get hotels for multiple days (and probably a nice hotel in an expensive location)