Mike,
I think one of my fellow vendors said there were 138 rooms with dealers vs 162 last year, but I could be wrong. In either case, the number was down this year from last year.
The thing that really jumped out at me was how off of the elevator bank, the rooms from say 4101 through 4110 were full, same with 4201-4210, 4301-4310, 4401-4410, but then it really thinned out from there on out. In my hallway directly off of 5301-5310, I am the only vendor left in the hall.
At some point, you'd think we'll all be moved up onto the 5th floor or down onto the 4th, ie, all dealers on one floor.
Several years ago, dealer rooms spilled onto the 3rd floor.
The foot traffic on Sunday seemed light to me, we were busy all day long, but it never got crazy/oh my God I can't keep up with the sales/busy, I can recall in years past not being able to take a break to go get a sandwich, bathroom breaks were few and far between as well.
That said, again it's not quantity but quality, room trading was very good for me, same with the day of the show and my number was up about 25% over last year, best number since pre stock market crash of 2008.
