Oh yeah, I remember those parties at the Astro Village Hotel. I worked for an oil exploration firm in Houston in the late 80’s/early 90’s. During OTC each year, Houston Helicopters would pick up groups of us at our office and fly us to the hotel for the parties. It was quite an experience, to say the least.
We must have not been on the A list. We never got delivered in a helicopter! We had to drive there in a station wagon. LOL
Oh yes. We were gone by the early 80s. That’s why we missed the helocopter rides! That and we lived nearby.