They sold out in 1999 and have been taken over by the movie studios.

They run out of all 4 days passes before the event and have ZERO 4 day passes on sale day of - which sucks if you're someone without a credit card - like a kid.

The place is too crowded to walk on the floor - and the big panels are almost exclusively just commercials for upcoming movies (remember the Stealth panel, or the Good Luck Chuck panel??)

And the place smells of sweaty body odor.

Too crowded - too little emphasis on the books.

I won't even go to board meetings any longer.