My recollection is that the hey day of the bandit meets has decreased proportionally with the York meet.
The Billy Budd used to have the south parking lot reserved only for sellers as well as a circus tent on the grassy knoll.
The Sheraton parking lot was full of sellers an area 2x of what it is now and was packed. Having the mall next door eased the parking problem.
I remember the Best Western meet and a downtown movie theater with a sloped wood floor full of bandits (vendors).
Likewise I remember parking at York going all the way out to the SW corner of the outer fence and aisles you could barely move through.
But that was yesterday, and yesterday's gone. (Sorry couldn't resist). I hear a lot about the social aspect of York, but I'm not convinced that translates into the table sales needed to stabilize the York meet.
I sure hope this works out better than that "the public will save us" campaign worked out.
