like the seafood shows I go to...it's only for industry people as in people in the business of catching, farming, processing, exporting, importing, distribution, wholesale, and retail. Not for those who eat it.
I doubt the people who run this are loosing any money. the people at Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, etc pay for it don't they? and it was probably those people who requested that there be less non-industry ppl.
I would have liked to gone, but I understand why something like this would happen. If attendance is low this year, they probably switch it up again next year.