It's not like looking for the Higgs is the only thing people have done at the LHC. For instance, there's another big experiment going on investigating Quark-Gluon plasma, and the OPERA experiment was using LHC neutrinos.
The LHC is a big, expensive piece of infrastructure that groups have to share, but there are multiple groups.
The LHC is a big, expensive piece of infrastructure that groups have to share, but there are multiple groups.