Here are the counts from 1990 to date:
YEAR SC
1990 1592
1991 1529
1992 1505
1993 2055 Santa Clara CA
1994 1912 Tempe AZ
1995 1992 Ft. Lauderdale FL
1996 2048 Cupertino CA
1997 1438
1998 1738
1999 2060
2000 1390 Indianapolis IN
2001 1850 Santa Clara CA
2002 1103 Hawaii (when's the next?)
2003 1922 Tempe AZ
2004 1564 Indianapolis IN
2005 1620 Ft. Lauderdale FL
2006 1276 Coral Springs FL (Worlds@Stanford in '06)
2007 1456 Seattle WA
2008 1865 Austin TX
The avg above is 1680 and the mean is 1620 (thank you, Excel). Even though past results are no indicator of future results, I'd say this meet is almost exactly as it would be predicted if you only looked at the numbers model.
SLOdude,
I placed some locations. Hawaii, maybe one of the top "venues" for a meet, had the smallest turnout and it wasn't even that expensive "back then". The next smallest, Coral Springs, was a year after FL hosted one other and was maybe impacted by Worlds being held in the US that same year? If we're looking for patterns, I'm thinking locale (but I don't know if east vs. west vs. middle has anything to do with it) and other events occuring near the same time may have more of an impact.
Here are the counts from 1990 to date:
YEAR SC
1990 1592
1991 1529
1992 1505
1993 2055 Santa Clara CA
1994 1912 Tempe AZ
1995 1992 Ft. Lauderdale FL
1996 2048 Cupertino CA
1997 1438
1998 1738
1999 2060
2000 1390 Indianapolis IN
2001 1850 Santa Clara CA
2002 1103 Hawaii (when's the next?)
2003 1922 Tempe AZ
2004 1564 Indianapolis IN
2005 1620 Ft. Lauderdale FL
2006 1276 Coral Springs FL (Worlds@Stanford in '06)
2007 1456 Seattle WA
2008 1865 Austin TX
The avg above is 1680 and the mean is 1620 (thank you, Excel). Even though past results are no indicator of future results, I'd say this meet is almost exactly as it would be predicted if you only looked at the numbers model.
SLOdude,
I placed some locations. Hawaii, maybe one of the top "venues" for a meet, had the smallest turnout and it wasn't even that expensive "back then". The next smallest, Coral Springs, was a year after FL hosted one other and was maybe impacted by Worlds being held in the US that same year? If we're looking for patterns, I'm thinking locale (but I don't know if east vs. west vs. middle has anything to do with it) and other events occuring near the same time may have more of an impact.
