Oh yeah. Just noticed something...
That seems kinda small, dontcha think? I mean, US Nationals last year had 680 Masters, and I seriously don't see that number dropping at ALL for this year. In fact, I can quite easily see it rise another 20-30%. Seniors was 283, and Juniors were 225. There were 1188 players last year. The limit for this year is 1180.
Even if attendance stagnates for this year, we'd still be over the limit. I sincerely hope that PCI has a significant overflow plan, because this one will be HUGE. My rough estimations would place this tournament at about 985/350/250=1585, and that's assuming the growth rates I calculated for last year's
Regionals. (44.8, 22.1, 9.91) I'll revise this estimate after the two weekends of States this year, but I'd be a little concerned about space again this year.