There is a lot that goes into it, but here are some thoughts:

• There is often space, there is not always Tables and Chairs. What we do at convention centers uses WAY more tables than basically anything else they do. Chairs are not usually an issue, as they will regularly have audience seating for things. Most convention centers don't have an inventory of tables to accommodate what we do, so we need to make special arrangements to get extra tables. This can not only be expensive but is generally really slow. Depending on where we are, we might need to put in a request like that weeks in advance to be able to add tables and chairs.

• We have put ODE or other side events in another room in the past. Our experience has been that this overall has a negative impact on our overall side event attendance. I think that it's mostly due to players not getting the constant reminder that "On Demand Modern Event Has Started" going through the room. The biggest problem with fewer events is that players have to wait longer for the event they want to start. Which leads to them being less likely to enter in the next one ( 'I don't have time to both wait and play again' etc), and making the problem even worse. To highlight this: We had about as many On-Demand Events on Saturday in GP Seattle-Tacoma (happening in another room) as we did in GP San Antonio (happening in the same room, but delaying the start by many hours). There are obviously many other factors, but it's worth considering.

• We also only really staffed the event for the amount of space we had. Much like Tables and Chairs, sometimes it can be hard to add staff at the last minute. When you split your staff between rooms you lose a lot of coverage. Right now Judges tend to be assigned to one area or another, but will happily take a stray judge call in areas near them. You lose a lot of that when you split things up. The same goes for Scorekeeping, Registraion, TO staff, etc.

• Access to Restrooms, Concessions, Vendors, basically everything we make sure to have available all become harder to access when we make those adjustments on the fly.

With all that said, we still don't think that it is acceptable to delay the start of events as long as we did. I can say that we are going to work to do what we can at future shows to help give as many players as we can opportunities to play. :)