Should I fly to a networking event?

I (1st yr analyst) have been invited to an exclusive MFPE networking event taking place in NYC soon. Question is, do you guys think it is worth it to fly there from Dallas and pay for the ticket myself? More precisely, what do these networking ”events” entail?

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