Like any other business York is no different. Its about making money. Vendors spend thousands of dollars to attend that meet. Things like employee salaries, table rent, food, lodging, snacks/coffee, travel expenses all enter into the equation. If a vendor cannot turn a decent profit they will not continue to attend. The Eastern Division is just reacting to the amount of member admissions and table rental revenues. If the days that the meet is open are scaled back it only means that the demand in not there. Some hobbyists like myself also stopped attending as the cost of the total experience was not worth the reward. Now figure in the effects of online buying and the changing demographics of those that buy the trains. All these factors will continue to have a significant impact , on a closed door meet that discourages family participation and targets only a specific customer.
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